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“accessibility of the location to public”
A first-floor flat above a single-storey hairdresser's in Birkdale village centre. The council refused it because it would shade the Post Office's solar panels next door. Allowed. The inspector found moderate harm to the panels' operation, which conflicted with local plan SD2 and cut against CC2(2). But under S4, one new home using airspace above a commercial unit (L2, substantial weight) was not "substantially outweighed". The Framework, "a material consideration of critical importance", justified departing from the plan.
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Decision on the Planning Inspectorate appeals service · full decision note · letter pins-corpus/6010397.txt