®Planning appeal decision
Comarques Farm Buildings Colchester Road, Thorpe-Le-Soken, CLACTON-ON-SEA, CO16 0LA
the change of use of Class B1 (now Class E) commercial unit in to four residential dwelling units
- Authority
- Tendring District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Grierson E
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development would constitute permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the GPDO (Appeal A only)
- the effect of the proposed development on highway safety (both appeals)
What decided it
For Appeal A: absence of evidence that the Class E use was lawful and subsisting for the required 2-year continuous period before the application date, as the temporary permission expired in 2002 and no evidence of subsequent lawful use was provided. For Appeal B: the access provides adequate width and visibility splays to safely accommodate the traffic generation from four residential units without harm to highway safety.
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.