22 Clarence Street, Morecambe , Lancashire , LA4 5EX

change of use of storage building to dwelling (C3) and associated works (retrospective and proposed)

Authority: Lancaster City Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Clark J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of future occupiers with regard to privacy and outlook

What decided it

The substantial harm to the living conditions of future occupiers through poor privacy and outlook, which cannot be adequately mitigated and outweighs the benefits of housing delivery and brownfield reuse even under the tilted balance.

The presumption in favour of sustainable development under paragraph 11(d) carried significant weight due to the housing shortfall, but the substantial harm to living conditions of future occupiers significantly and demonstrably outweighed the small benefit of providing one dwelling and other benefits of the proposal.

Framework references: 11, 125

Plan policies cited: Policy DM29, Policy DM8

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