Planning appeal decision
1 Spitfire Close, Crossways, Weymouth, Dorset, DT2 8TZ
Planning appeal 6001645 at 1 Spitfire Close, Crossways, Weymouth, Dorset, DT2 8TZ (Dorset) was dismissed on 2 February 2026 by Inspector Rose C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development as described in the application (C3 to C3(b)) requires planning permission and, if so, whether it accords with the development plan.
change of use from C3 to C3(b) - residential supported living facility
- Authority
- Dorset
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Rose C
- Postcode
- DT2 8TZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development as described in the application (C3 to C3(b)) requires planning permission and, if so, whether it accords with the development plan
What decided it
The appeal was made on the basis of a C3(b) use class application which does not require planning permission, and the Inspector was bound to determine the appeal on the basis as applied for, not on the Class C2 use which both parties acknowledged was the true nature of the proposal.
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