Planning appeal decision
Sinope Business Centre, 1 Sinope St, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL1 4AW
Planning appeal 3365620 at Sinope Business Centre, 1 Sinope St, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL1 4AW (Gloucester City Council) was dismissed on 4 August 2025 by Inspector Davies B, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed conversion of the first and second floor into three 1 bedroom flats qualifies as permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class G of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
conversion of first and second floor into 3 x 1 bedroom flats
- Authority
- Gloucester City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Davies B
- Postcode
- GL1 4AW
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed conversion of the first and second floor into three 1 bedroom flats qualifies as permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class G of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)
What decided it
The proposed development of three flats exceeds the permitted development threshold of up to two flats under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class G of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
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