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Dismissed26 January 20223265144

7 Lipson Terrace, Plymouth, PL4 7PR

Planning appeal 3265144 at 7 Lipson Terrace, Plymouth, PL4 7PR (Plymouth City Council) was dismissed on 26 January 2022 by Inspector Griffiths P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal should make provision for affordable housing and address any impacts on local and strategic infrastructure.

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
Postcode
PL4 7PR

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.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy DEV7Policy DEV30Policy DEV29Policy DEV1Policy DEV32Policy DEV28
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 63Paragraph 109

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