®Planning appeal decision
Rear of 51-51a High Street, Cosham, PO6 3AX
partial change of use of ground floor retail (Use Class E) to residential (Use Class C3) as well as rear extension at ground floor, first and second floor to allow the creation of three dwellinghouses
- Authority
- Portsmouth City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Davies G
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
- The living conditions of neighbouring and future occupants, with regard to overlooking, dominance, outlook, light and amenity space
- The ecological value of the Solent special protection areas
What decided it
The combination of poor design conflicting with Policy PCS23 and harmful overlooking to neighbouring occupants outweighed the housing supply shortfall benefit, as the tilted balance test was not satisfied.
The benefits of providing three additional residential units to address the housing land supply shortfall were outweighed by the significant adverse impacts on character and appearance and living conditions of neighbouring and future occupants; the presumption in favour of sustainable development was not engaged.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy PCS23, Policy PCS19
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.