Planning appeal decision
36 Pains Road, Southsea, PO5 1HE
Planning appeal 3265839 at 36 Pains Road, Southsea, PO5 1HE (Portsmouth City Council) was decided (invalid) on 16 July 2021 by Inspector Buchanan R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the application was valid, having regard to Article 7 of The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 and Planning Practice Guidance requirements for site identification.
C4 use (house in multiple occupation) to Sui Generis (house in multiple occupation for more than 6 persons)
- Authority
- Portsmouth City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Buchanan R
- Postcode
- PO5 1HE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the application was valid, having regard to Article 7 of The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 and Planning Practice Guidance requirements for site identification
What decided it
The fundamental inconsistency between the property address stated in the application (36 Pains Road) and the property actually edged with a red line in the plans (24 Pains Road) breached Article 7 of the Development Management Procedure Order 2015 and Planning Practice Guidance, making the application invalid.
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