®Planning appeal decision
5 Carisbrooke Road, ST. LEONARDS-ON-SEA, TN38 0JS
- Authority
- Hastings Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Parker R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the change of use has resulted in the loss of accommodation suitable for single family occupation
What decided it
The absence of firm evidence demonstrating that the property cannot be used as a single family dwelling, combined with the clear development plan strategy to retain buildings in single family occupancy, meant the proposal conflicted with the development plan with no material considerations of sufficient strength to justify approval.
The development plan's clear strategy to retain buildings in single family occupancy and promote larger family units in Central St Leonards outweighed the appellant's arguments about noise and pollution, which lacked substantive evidence.
Plan policies cited: Policy H2 of the Hastings Planning Strategy (2014), Policy FA4 of the Hastings Planning Strategy (2014), Policy HC1 of the Hastings Local Plan Development Management Plan (2015), Policy H4 of the Hastings Planning Strategy (2014)
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.