The applicant sought to use for residential purposes a property in a row of empty shops. The inspector found that the use contravened the policy of maintaining the use as a shop parade, and that a dilution of that use would further contribute to the decline. The inspector’s decision was upheld. He had properly considered the visual aspect, and the policy. That the shops had not been let did not mean they would not be, and the use for housing would reduce the flow of passers by, and further reduce the chance of success of the policy.
Gazette 05-Apr-2001
England and Wales
Updated: 21 July 2021; Ref: scu.90372
