®Planning appeal decision
Albion Mill Industrial Estate, Albion Street, Bury, BL8 2AD
follows: Albion Mill Convert the existing first, second and third floors which are currently retail space (Class E) into residential use (C3) 12 self-contained flats in total. Albion Mill Rear Convert existing ground floor and first floor into 3No. Self-contained flats in total. With a bin and bike store on the ground floor. Albion House Convert existing ground and first floor into 5No. Self Contained Flats. Conversion into 20 No. Self Contained Flats
- Authority
- Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Storey P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be permitted development having regard to the limitations set out in paragraph MA.1(1)(b) of Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the GPDO
- if it would be permitted development, whether prior approval should be granted having regard to the transport impacts of the development, and the impacts of noise from commercial premises on the intended occupiers of the development
What decided it
The use of the building did not satisfy the requirement in paragraph MA.1(1)(b) that it must have been in Class E use for a continuous period of at least two years, as the evidence did not establish with confidence that the car servicing use fell within Class E rather than Class B2.
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