®Planning appeal decision
7 Lipson Terrace, Plymouth, PL4 7PR
the conversion of a Grade II listed building, the Mount (a former care home), into 17 residential units, associated car parking, and communal gardens, with bike and waste bin storage
- Authority
- Plymouth City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Griffiths P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal should make provision for affordable housing and address any impacts on local and strategic infrastructure
- Whether the proposal makes adequate provision for parking and its effect on highway safety
- Whether the proposal deals properly with the need to meet the 20% target for reduction in carbon emissions
- Whether the proposal would respond in an appropriate way to existing trees
What decided it
The cumulative effect of failures to provide affordable housing, mitigate infrastructure impacts, provide adequate parking, and achieve required carbon reductions, which together constituted serious shortcomings that far outweighed the benefits of bringing the listed building back into use.
The benefits of bringing the listed building back into use were outweighed by serious shortcomings in affordable housing provision, infrastructure mitigation, parking adequacy, and carbon emissions reduction.
Framework references: 63, 109
Plan policies cited: Policy DEV7, Policy DEV30, Policy DEV29, Policy DEV1, Policy DEV32, Policy DEV28
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.