®Planning appeal decision
Unit 1 and Unit 2, Westpoint Enterprise Park, Clarance Avenue, Trafford Park, Trafford, M17 1QS
the ‘change of use of industrial/ warehouse building (units 1 & 2) to form gymnasium and gymnastics units, area of new mezzanine floor, together with alternate paint colour to external cladding & associated minor external alterations.’
- Authority
- Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Clowes M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on employment land supply
- The effect of the proposed development on the vitality and viability of town centres
What decided it
The failure to demonstrate that the employment use is redundant or that there is a definitive need for the proposed leisure uses in this specific locality, combined with the lack of an impact assessment on town centre vitality and viability, means the proposal conflicts with development plan policies protecting employment land and town centres.
Framework references: 85, 87, 91, 94
Plan policies cited: Policy W1, Policy W1.12, Policy W2.12, Policy JP-Strat1, Policy JP-P2, Policy JP-P6
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