small business

Appeal: Double-decker café deemed harmful to AONB

18.09.2020

Matt Moody

AONB | Business & Enterprise | cafe | Rural | small business | South West

An inspector has refused retrospective permission for a small business in Cornwall running a café from a converted double-decker bus, citing unacceptable harm to the surrounding area of outstanding natural...
Appeal: Suburban sweet shop cannot prevent car-borne customers

11.09.2020

Matt Moody

Business & Enterprise | noise impact | retrospective permission | small business | traffic | Yorkshire

An inspector has refused retrospective permission for the conversion of an outbuilding in Mexborough, South Yorkshire, into a sweet shop, ruling that the appellant could not guarantee that only local...
Appeal: Airbnb use for undersized flat approved

11.09.2020

Matt Moody

airbnb | East of England | Health | Leisure & Tourism | small business | space standards

A flat formed of part of a tattoo studio in Norwich which fell short of space standards has been approved for use as an Airbnb, after an inspector ruled that it offered suitable living conditions for...
Appeal: Brewery tap on industrial estate has ‘feel of a pub’

27.03.2020

Matt Moody

beer | Business & Enterprise | industrial estate | North West | small business | Use classes

A brewery tap at an industrial estate brewery in Morecambe ‘very much had the feeling of a pub’ and went beyond what could be considered an ancillary use, an inspector has ruled.
Appeal: Christmas market would impinge on ‘exceptional’ listed building

15.11.2019

Matt Moody

christmas | grade I listed | Heritage | listed building | small business | Yorkshire

Permission for a small independent traders’ Christmas market in the forecourt of a grade-I listed building in York has been denied, after an inspector ruled that the temporary wooden sheds would impinge on...
Appeal: ‘Garish’ ice cream kiosk caused ‘significant harm’

31.10.2019

Matt Moody

character and appearance | coastal | Design | East of England | shipping container | small business

A shipping container in Mablethorpe in use as an ice cream kiosk had caused ‘significant harm’ to the ‘pleasant character’ of the car park it was sited in, an inspector has ruled, citing the kiosk’s ‘garish...