Little Vegas, 17 High Road, LONDON, N22 6BH

change of use from betting shop (Sui Generis) to adult gaming centre (Sui Generis) without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref HGY/2020/2996, dated 22 January 2021

Authority: London Borough of Haringey
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Other minor developments
Inspector: Jones H
Postcode: N22 6BH

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect that removing condition 3, and permitting 24-hour opening, would have on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers with particular regard to the levels of noise, disturbance and activity which would arise from it

What decided it

The Noise Impact Assessment evidence demonstrating that noise from the AGC would be masked by the high existing ambient noise climate in this busy Metropolitan Centre location, combined with the absence of substantive evidence of harm from the temporary extended opening hours already in operation.

Plan policies cited: Policy DM1, Policy SP10, Policy SD7

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