®Planning appeal decision
Hampshire Car Sales, 111 Havant Road, Drayton, Portsmouth, PO6 2AH
Planning appeal 3287771 at Hampshire Car Sales, 111 Havant Road, Drayton, Portsmouth, PO6 2AH (Portsmouth City Council) was allowed on 25 July 2022 by Inspector Wilkinson S, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area.
redevelopment of the existing site involving the construction of a 4 storey building to provide 54 retirement apartments (Use Class C3) with associated vehicle access from Havant Road, car parking and landscaping
- Authority
- Portsmouth City Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Wilkinson S
- Postcode
- PO6 2AH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of future occupiers of the proposed scheme by reason of the quality of amenity space
- The effects of the proposal on nutrient levels and recreational impacts on the Solent estuary
- Whether or not the proposed development would make adequate provision for affordable housing
- Whether or not the S106 Agreement (S106A) is valid
What decided it
The significant weight attached to the delivery of housing, specialist retirement accommodation and redevelopment of previously developed land outweighed the limited objections raised, within the context of the Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply.
The significant weight given to the provision of additional housing and specialist accommodation and the redevelopment of previously developed land outweighed the design, massing and parking objections, such that no adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits when assessed against the Framework as a whole.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy PCS23Policy PCS19Policy PCS13
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 57Paragraph 219
- Judgments
- People Over Wind and Peter Sweetman v Collite Teoranta ECJ (2018) C-323/17
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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