16 Kent Street, BIRMINGHAM, B5 6RD

the demolition of existing buildings and redevelopment to provide 116 apartments with a ground floor of 2 commercial units (use classes A1 -A4, B1(a) and medical services within use class D1). This

Authority: Birmingham City Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: residential · Major dwellings
Inspector: Sargent J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether or not the scheme would result in reasonable living conditions for future residents with regard to noise
the effect of this residential use on the operation of The Nightingale

What decided it

The unresolved risk of unacceptable noise harm to future residents' living conditions, which was found to significantly and demonstrably outweigh the housing benefits of the scheme.

the benefits of housing delivery, including affordable housing, were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the harm to future residents' living conditions from noise

Framework references: 11, 187

Plan policies cited: Policy TP24, Policy DM6

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