76 Park Road, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, SS0 7PQ

Retain Use of Parts of Building as Four Self-Contained Flats (Class C3)

Authority: Southend-on-Sea City Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Pattison B

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether or not the development provides a satisfactory standard of accommodation for the occupiers, with particular regard to the size of the self-contained flats

What decided it

The development does not provide a satisfactory standard of accommodation for occupiers due to very significant shortfalls against the NDSS and Policy DM8, and this harm significantly and demonstrably outweighs the benefits when assessed against the Framework taken as a whole.

The harm arising from unsatisfactory accommodation standards significantly and demonstrably outweighs the limited benefits of housing delivery and meeting specific local housing need, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development does not apply.

Framework references: 11

Plan policies cited: Policy KP2, Policy CP4, Policy DM1, Policy DM3, Policy DM8

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