22 Ross Way, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE3 2BL

change of use from dwelling house (Class C3) to children’s residential care home (Class C2) with associated car parking and hard landscaping

Authority: Newcastle Upon Tyne City Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: community-institutional · Change of use
Inspector: Gravett R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the development could provide acceptable living conditions for future occupants having regard to accessibility
whether acceptable living conditions could be provided for future occupiers of the proposed development, with particular regards to internal living space and external amenity space
the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of neighbouring residents, with particular regards to noise and disturbance

What decided it

The proposed development failed to meet mandatory accessibility standards required by Policy DM8(3) for specialist residential accommodation and could not provide adequate internal living space and external amenity space for the children's needs.

Plan policies cited: Policy DM8(3), Policy CS11, Policy DM20, Policy CS14, Policy DM23

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