®Planning appeal decision
59-61 Meadow Street, Weston-Super-Mare, BS23 1QL
Planning appeal 3271728 at 59-61 Meadow Street, Weston-Super-Mare, BS23 1QL (North Somerset Council) was dismissed on 19 October 2021 by Inspector Davies B, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the development would provide adequate living conditions for future occupants and the neighbours at No 46 Orchard Street with respect to privacy.
the conversion of the first and second floor to create 4 no. 2-bed flats and 2 no. 1-bed flats and reconfiguration of the ground floor commercial unit
- Authority
- North Somerset Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Davies B
- Postcode
- BS23 1QL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development would provide adequate living conditions for future occupants and the neighbours at No 46 Orchard Street with respect to privacy
- whether the development would provide adequate living conditions for future occupants with particular respect to outlook, daylight, space, noise, disturbance and odour
- whether the proposal meets the requirements of local and national policies with regard to flood risk
What decided it
The significant harm to living conditions of neighbours and future occupants, combined with undemonstrated flood safety, outweighed the benefits of housing provision and building reuse.
The benefits of 6 flats in a highly accessible location and retention of an attractive building in the conservation area were significantly outweighed by significant harm to neighbours' privacy, poor living conditions for future occupants in respect of light, outlook, ventilation, noise, disturbance and odour, and failure to demonstrate flood safety for the site's lifetime.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DM32Policy DM1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 159Paragraph 167
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.
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