Hi all, hope someone can give me some advice. We submitted a change of use application from A1 to A2 use. from a florist to a letting agents.
We have just received the refusal notice. So we call the planning officer and query it. now a month after our application was lodged a property 5 doors down submitted an identical application.
Ours was refused due to the fact it would be taking away a retail premises from the parade of shops it is on.
Now the planning officer has told us that he will be granting our neighbours because their property is at the moment empty and has been for 2 years.
The problem is we have 2 years left on the lease and the florist is running at a loss so if we do not get a change of use we will have to default on the lease and the shop will also become vacant like it was for 3 years before we took it on.
this sounds like a joke to me so does anyone know where we stand regards an appeal?
Thanks
We have just received the refusal notice. So we call the planning officer and query it. now a month after our application was lodged a property 5 doors down submitted an identical application.
Ours was refused due to the fact it would be taking away a retail premises from the parade of shops it is on.
Now the planning officer has told us that he will be granting our neighbours because their property is at the moment empty and has been for 2 years.
The problem is we have 2 years left on the lease and the florist is running at a loss so if we do not get a change of use we will have to default on the lease and the shop will also become vacant like it was for 3 years before we took it on.
this sounds like a joke to me so does anyone know where we stand regards an appeal?
Thanks