York Road Buildings , between 4-6 York Road, ST. LEONARDS-ON-SEA, TN37 6PU

change of use of buildings from mixed Class B8 Storage and Distribution and, Class B1 Offices to C3 Dwellinghouses, including live/work units. Conversion and rear extension to existing building to form 3 dwellinghouses. Conversion of existing building to form 4 live/work units. Provision of amenity space, parking areas and bin store, and associated works

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

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the proposal would represent the unacceptable loss of employment land
whether the proposal would be capable of providing appropriate waste collection facilities

What decided it

The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply engaged the tilted balance under NPPF paragraph 11, which outweighed the conflict with the development plan policy protecting employment land.

The unacceptable loss of employment land and conflict with the development plan were outweighed by the benefits of providing 7 new dwellings on brownfield land in a settlement where the Council cannot demonstrate a five-year housing land supply, when assessed against the policies in the Framework taken as a whole.

Framework references: 11, 56, 120, 123

Plan policies cited: Policy E1 of the Hastings Planning Strategy 2011-2028, Policy DM3 of the Development Management Plan 2015

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