Routledge Financial Ltd, 98 Portland Road, Hove, BN3 5DN

Planning appeal 3282777 at Routledge Financial Ltd, 98 Portland Road, Hove, BN3 5DN (Brighton and Hove City Council) was dismissed on 27 June 2022 by Inspector Andrews M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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.

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
Postcode: BN3 5DN

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.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy HO8Policy EM4Policy DM2Policy CP2Policy CP3
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 6

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