®Planning appeal decision
Allowed25 June 20253358717
25 Nunnery Fields , Canterbury , Kent, CT1 3JN
change of use of ground floor from public house to retail together with part single-storey rear extension and external staircase at the rear
- Authority
- Canterbury City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- retail · Change of use
- Inspector
- Pattison B
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the host property and surrounding area, including the effect on a non-designated heritage asset, and with due regard to the location of the site in the Canterbury City Conservation Area
- Whether there would be a sequentially preferable location for the development
What decided it
The public benefits of revitalising a vacant and redundant building through its conversion to a convenience retail use, which would support local community vitality and create employment, outweighed the less than substantial harm to the heritage asset.
Framework references: 212, 215, 216
Plan policies cited: Policy HE1, Policy TCL6
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