®Planning appeal decision
Quay Thistle Hotel, The Quay, POOLE, BH15 1HD
demolition of the existing hotel building and redevelopment to provide a mixed use scheme of 5 buildings providing flexible commercial units (Class E/F1/F2) at ground floor with residential above (Class C3) and a hotel with ancillary bar/restaurant (Class C1), plus basement level car parking, cycle parking, hard and soft landscaping, revised access and associated works
- Authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Wildsmith D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the site and the surrounding area, including on the Conservation Area
- The effect on established trees on the site's northern boundary
- Whether an appropriate review mechanism should be incorporated into the S106 agreement, to ensure the provision of affordable housing if the viability of the scheme was to improve at a later date
- Whether any submitted planning obligations would satisfactorily address the impacts of the proposed development
What decided it
The less-than-substantial harm to the significance and character of the Poole Town Centre Heritage Conservation Area, arising from the scale, bulk, massing and materials of the proposed buildings, was not outweighed by the public benefits of the scheme.
The considerable weight attributable to the less-than-substantial heritage harm to the Conservation Area, together with harm to townscape character and to trees of townscape significance, was not outweighed by the benefits of housing delivery, economic activity, hotel provision and public realm improvements, and under the tilted balance the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits.
Framework references: 11, 57, 199
Plan policies cited: Policy PP6(T12), Policy PP11, Policy PP24, Policy PP25, Policy PP27, Policy PP29, Policy PP30, Policy PP32, Policy PP34, Policy PP35, Policy PP39, Policy PP40
Judgments cited: Bramshill v SSHCLG [2021] EWCA Civ320; R (on the application of Skipton Properties Limited) v Craven District Council; R (on the application of Cherkley Campaign Ltd) v Mole Valley DC [2014] PTSR D14; Smyth v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government; William Davis Ltd v Charnwood BC [2017] EWHC 3006 (Admin)
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.