®Planning appeal decision
33B High Street, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, NG15 7AW
changing the use of a retail premises to a 1-bedroom residential property
- Authority
- Ashfield District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Smith J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would provide adequate living conditions for the future occupants of the development, with specific regard to outlook, privacy and outdoor amenity space
- whether the proposed development would provide a biodiversity net gain
What decided it
The failure to provide adequate living conditions for future occupants, particularly in relation to outlook, privacy and outdoor amenity space, combined with the failure to meet mandatory biodiversity net gain requirements, could not be outweighed by the housing supply shortfall.
the modest contribution to housing supply was significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the adverse impact on living conditions of future occupants and failure to provide mandatory biodiversity net gain requirements
Framework references: 11, 135
Plan policies cited: Policy HG5, Policy ST1
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