®Planning appeal decision
Comet Social, 490 Durham Road, Low Fell, NE9 6HU
Change of use from cafe/restaurant to public house and the erection of decking and fencing to the rear to form a beer garden (Retrospective)
- Authority
- Gateshead
- Appeal type
- Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- leisure-sport
- Postcode
- NE9 6HU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the development on the living conditions of the occupiers of neighbouring properties
What decided it
The unpredictable and fluctuating nature of social noise from the beer garden in very close proximity to residential properties, combined with the inadequacy of the Noise Impact Assessment to address this type of noise source, demonstrated that significant harm to neighbours' living conditions would result.
the benefits to the business in terms of supporting a local community enterprise and employment were outweighed by the significant harm to the living conditions of neighbouring residents
Framework references: 135, 198
Plan policies cited: Policy CS14, Policy CS15, Policy MSGP17, Policy MSGP18, Policy MSGP24, Policy MSGP25
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.