Cadet Training Centre Hilary Avenue, Norwich, NR1 4LF

Change of Use from Army Cadet Centre to C2 Residential Care Home and first floor front extension with alterations to the roof

Authority: Norwich City Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: community-institutional · Change of use
Inspector: Dyer I

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposal on the ability of the community to meet its day-to-day needs
The effect of the proposal on Protected European Sites
Whether the proposal would provide suitable living conditions for future occupiers, with particular reference to outlook and outdoor private amenity space
The effect of the proposal on the amenity of neighbours, with particular reference to disturbance
Whether the site is a suitable location for the proposal, having regard to local policy for the provision of specialist housing

What decided it

The proposal's failure to adequately market the building as a community facility before conversion, combined with unmitigated adverse effects on the Broads SAC through nutrient loading and unsuitable living conditions for vulnerable future occupiers, outweighed the benefits of bringing a disused building back into productive use.

Framework references: 98, 125

Plan policies cited: Policy 3 GNLP, Policy 5 GNLP, Policy 2 GNLP, Policy DM2 NLP, Policy DM6 NLP, Policy DM12 NLP, Policy DM13 NLP, Policy DM22 NLP

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