1099 London Road, Leigh-on-Sea, SS9 3JJ

Planning appeal 3262700 at 1099 London Road, Leigh-on-Sea, SS9 3JJ (Southend-on-Sea City Council) was allowed on 9 July 2021 by Inspector Kemmann-Lane T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the condition requiring 2 car parking spaces is necessary having regard to highway safety in an area of parking stress.

change of use of ground floor from car showroom (Class Sui Generis) to self-contained flat (Class C3), alter front and rear elevation, bin store and cycle store without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref 17/00841/Ful, dated 28 July 2017

Authority: Southend-on-Sea City Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Other minor developments
Inspector: Kemmann-Lane T
Postcode: SS9 3JJ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the condition requiring 2 car parking spaces is necessary having regard to highway safety in an area of parking stress

What decided it

The difficult and potentially hazardous access to the proposed parking spaces via the narrow alley, requiring substantial reversing manoeuvres, outweighed the parking requirement in a sustainable location.

The benefits of the sustainable location and the practical impossibility of safely accessing the required parking spaces outweighed the parking policy requirement.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy CO3 of the Core Strategy DPD1Policy DM15 of the Development Management 2015

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