®Planning appeal decision
19 Egerton Street, Farnworth, BOLTON, BL4 7LB
a change of use from hairdressers and part of garage services use to 5 no. self-contained apartments together with external staircase to side elevation, erection of boundary wall, and associated alterations (retrospective)
- Authority
- Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Spataru A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
- Whether the development provides adequate living conditions for the occupiers of the proposed flats with particular regard to noise and air pollution, internal floorspace, internal headroom, private and communal amenity space, light and outlook
What decided it
The harm to character and appearance and to living conditions significantly and demonstrably outweighed the limited benefits of providing five additional flats, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply despite the Council's undersupply of housing land.
The harm to character and appearance and to living conditions significantly and demonstrably outweighed the limited social and economic benefits of the development, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply despite the Council's housing land supply shortfall of 3.7 years.
Framework references: 135, 200, 11
Plan policies cited: Policy JP-P1 of the Places for Everyone Joint Development Plan Document for Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan 2022 to 2039 adopted 2024, Policy CG4 of the Bolton's Core Strategy Development Plan Document 2011, Policy JP-S5 of the Places for Everyone Joint Development Plan Document, Policy JP-H3 of the Places for Everyone Joint Development Plan Document
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.