®Planning appeal decision
11-15 Cavendish Place, Savoy Court Hotel, Eastbourne, BN21 3EJ
the conversion of existing Savoy Court Hotel into HMO accommodation with 32no bedrooms with shared facilities and 1no self-contained 1 bedroom flat. Resubmission of previous applications 200391/200392
- Authority
- Eastbourne Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Whelan P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposals on the living conditions of surrounding occupiers
- the effect of the proposals on tourist accommodation use in the Tourist Accommodation Area (TAA)
- the effect of the proposals on the architectural and historic significance of the grade II listed building 1-24 Cavendish Place, and any of the features of special architectural or historic interest that it possesses
- the effect of the proposals on parking pressure in the surrounding streets, and the free flow of traffic
What decided it
The harm to living conditions of surrounding occupiers and incompatibility with the Tourist Accommodation Area significantly and demonstrably outweighed the identified benefits, causing the planning permission appeal to fail, while the absence of harm to the listed building's significance led to the listed building consent appeal being allowed.
Significant weight attributed to conflict with development plan policies protecting residential amenity and the Tourist Accommodation Area outweighed the modest weight given to housing, economic and heritage benefits, so that adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits and the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
Framework references: 11, 81, 83, 197, 219
Plan policies cited: Policy B2, Policy D1, Policy HO9, Policy HO14, Policy HO20, Policy TC6, Policy D3, Policy C3, Policy HO1, Policy TO1, Policy D10, Policy UHT17, Policy D8, Policy TR11, Policy UHT15
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