Cadet Training Centre Hilary Avenue, Norwich, NR1 4LF

Planning appeal 3358572 at Cadet Training Centre Hilary Avenue, Norwich, NR1 4LF (Norwich City Council) was dismissed on 5 September 2025 by Inspector Dyer I, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the ability of the community to meet its day-to-day needs.

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
Postcode: NR1 4LF

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.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy 3 GNLPPolicy 5 GNLPPolicy 2 GNLPPolicy DM2 NLPPolicy DM6 NLPPolicy DM12 NLPPolicy DM13 NLPPolicy DM22 NLP
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 98Paragraph 125

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