®Planning appeal decision
Land between Merton Hotel and S Hughes House, Stanley Road, Bootle, L20 3AZ
- Authority
- Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Cleary D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of varying the conditions on the regeneration objectives for the area
What decided it
The uncertainty of timescales for the emerging Bootle Area Action Plan, masterplan, and parking assessment meant that a one-year temporary consent would be unreasonably restrictive and result in the site becoming vacant, whereas a three-year consent would allow time for redevelopment plans to advance while maintaining beneficial use.
The benefits of continuing the complementary car parking use in the short term, which serves the surrounding commercial area and maintains the site in beneficial use, outweighed the Council's regeneration objectives which are dependent on documents not yet finalised with uncertain timescales.
Plan policies cited: Policy ED6, Policy ED4, Policy BAAP5
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.