®Planning appeal decision
93 St. Leonards Road, HOVE, BN3 4QQ
without planning permission the construction of a car port on the land
- Authority
- Brighton and Hove City Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Appeal A: the effect of the car port development on (i) the character and appearance of the host dwelling and surrounding area and (ii) the living conditions of occupiers with particular regard to the adequacy of external amenity space
- Appeal B: the effect of the development on the living conditions of current and future occupiers of the first floor of the building with particular regard to the adequacy of accommodation
What decided it
The harm to living conditions from inadequate living space in the studios and the harm to character and appearance from the car port significantly and demonstrably outweigh the modest housing delivery benefit.
the harm to living conditions by virtue of inadequate living space significantly and demonstrably outweighs the modest benefit to housing delivery of one single residential unit of poor quality
Plan policies cited: Policy QD14, Policy QD27, Policy DM21, Policy DM1 (Draft Brighton & Hove City Plan Part 2)
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.