27 Clearwater Close, Liverpool, England, L7 2SA

change of use from C3 (dwellinghouse) to C2 (residential institution) for operation of a children home for up to two children aged 5 -18, with 24/7 staff supported and no structural or external alterations

Authority: Liverpool City Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: community-institutional · Change of use
Inspector: Evans C

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the effect of the proposal on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers, with particular regard to privacy, noise and disturbance
whether the proposed development would be a suitable location for future occupiers, with particular regard to safeguarding

What decided it

The combination of harm to neighbouring living conditions through increased noise and disturbance from staff movements and the unsuitability of the location for safeguarding purposes in a high-crime area with proximity to public transport routes.

Plan policies cited: Policy H7, Policy UD2, Policy R1, Policy STP2

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