30 Booth Avenue, Colchester, Essex, CO4 3BB

change of use from C3 residential to C2 care home including garage conversion, ground floor rear extension and first floor rear/side extensions

Authority: Colchester Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: community-institutional · Change of use
Inspector: Ellis D

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the change of use on the character and appearance of the area
The living conditions of occupiers of neighbouring properties, with particular regard to the potential for noise and disturbance

What decided it

The Operational Management Plan restricting staff handovers between 22:00 and 07:00, combined with the residential scale and character of the proposed use, ensured that the change of use would not harm the living conditions of neighbouring residents or the character of the area.

Plan policies cited: Policy DM15 of the Colchester Borough Local Plan 2017-2033 Section 2 (July 2022), Policy SP7 of the Colchester Borough Local Plan 2013-2033 Section 1 (2021)

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