Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Dismissed6 July 20213269972

40, St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2LQ

Planning appeal 3269972 at 40, St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2LQ (Hastings Borough Council) was dismissed on 6 July 2021 by Inspector Douglas L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed development on the supply of family housing within the borough.

change of use from dwellinghouse (C3) to a 6 bedroom HMO (C4)

Authority
Hastings Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Douglas L
Postcode
TN34 2LQ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the proposed development on the supply of family housing within the borough

What decided it

The proposal would reduce the supply of family housing within the borough, contrary to the development plan, with no material considerations outweighing this finding.

The loss of a dwelling suitable for single family occupancy outweighed any benefits from increased HMO accommodation, as the development plan seeks to protect family-sized housing stock.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy HC1Policy DS1Policy H4
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 213

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

See how each was applied

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

126 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision
An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter
Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.
Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app
Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.
Start your free trial

More decisions in Hastings

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2021

  1. Dismissed28 August 20266004450
    Pavement O/S 33 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BE
  2. Dismissed28 August 20266004449
    Pavement O/S 33 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BE
  3. Dismissed8 July 20266002906
    The Millers Arms, 38 Winchelsea Road, Hastings, TN35 4JU
  4. Dismissed19 June 20266005250
    88 Harley Shute Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 8BU
  5. Dismissed14 April 20263375929
    Spindlewood Country Holiday Park, Rock Lane, Hastings, TN35 4JN

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.