®Planning appeal decision
Routledge Financial Ltd, 98 Portland Road, HOVE, BN3 5DN
the conversion of a basement from a flat to an office
- Authority
- Brighton and Hove City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Andrews M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether there is justification for the loss of the existing basement residential use having regard to the impact on the City's housing stock and choice in the area and to all other material considerations
What decided it
The acute housing shortfall in Brighton (2.2 years' supply) and the absence of persuasive evidence that the business could not expand elsewhere or would be forced to relocate outweighed the benefits of the proposed office expansion.
The benefits of business expansion were outweighed by the loss of an established residential unit in a sustainable location in an area of acute housing shortfall, with incremental provision on small sites having a significant role to play in meeting housing need.
Framework references: 6
Plan policies cited: Policy HO8, Policy EM4, Policy DM2, Policy CP2, Policy CP3
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.