®Planning appeal decision
2-4 Paul Street, Hackney, London, EC2A 4JH
descried on the application form as ‘use of first and second floors as pub/bar space in connection with ground floor pub (change of use from offices (Class E(g)(i) to drinking establishment (Sui Generis)).’
- Authority
- London Borough of Hackney
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Price A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the development on the provision of office floorspace in the Priority Office Area (POA)
- the effect of the development on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers, with particular regard to noise and disturbance
What decided it
The Office Viability Report demonstrating significant practical and commercial barriers to letting the upper floors as office space in an area with no undersupply of available office accommodation was afforded considerable weight and justified granting permission contrary to LP Policy LP27(H).
Plan policies cited: LP27(H), E1, E2, LP2, LP38, LP58, D13, D14
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.