Rear of 99-101 Greenfield Road, Dentons Green, St Helens , Merseyside , WA10 6SH

Planning appeal 3365925 at Rear of 99-101 Greenfield Road, Dentons Green, St Helens , Merseyside , WA10 6SH (St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 22 August 2025 by Inspector Hartley S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether conditions 2 and 3 of planning permission P/2024/0540/FUL are necessary to protect the living conditions of adjoining property occupiers including availability of parking spaces, effect upon traffic flows, and noise disturbance, particularly for occupiers of No. 1 and No. 2 Tennis Street where bedrooms face the site and street.

the retrospective change of use from ancillary storage (B8) to a pilates studio (E)

Authority: St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Minor retail and services
Inspector: Hartley S
Postcode: WA10 6SH

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether conditions 2 and 3 of planning permission P/2024/0540/FUL are necessary to protect the living conditions of adjoining property occupiers including availability of parking spaces, effect upon traffic flows, and noise disturbance, particularly for occupiers of No. 1 and No. 2 Tennis Street where bedrooms face the site and street

What decided it

The conditions are necessary to maintain appropriate control over parking demand, traffic movements, and noise disturbance affecting the living conditions of adjacent residential occupiers, particularly at early morning hours.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy LPD01
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 131

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