®Planning appeal decision
42 Park Street , Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 4UH
Planning appeal 3297759 at 42 Park Street , Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 4UH (Gosport Borough Council) was dismissed on 12 July 2023 by Inspector Simpson V, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would provide adequate living conditions for future occupiers of the property, with particular regard to noise and disturbance, and internal floor space.
Change B1 office space into living accommodation
- Authority
- Gosport Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Simpson V
- Postcode
- PO12 4UH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would provide adequate living conditions for future occupiers of the property, with particular regard to noise and disturbance, and internal floor space
- the effect of the development on the provision of employment land within the Borough
- highway safety
What decided it
The cumulative harm to living conditions from industrial noise and disturbance, loss of employment land, and inadequate parking provision, when weighed against the modest housing benefit of a single dwelling, significantly and demonstrably outweighs the benefits even under the tilted balance.
The adverse impacts of harm to employment land provision, living conditions of future occupiers, and highway safety significantly and demonstrably outweigh the modest benefits of additional housing delivery, such that the proposal does not benefit from the presumption in favour of sustainable development at paragraph 11(d) of the Framework.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy LP10Policy LP16Policy LP23Design Guidance: Supplementary Planning Document 2014Parking: Supplementary Planning Document 2014
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 187Paragraph 199Paragraph 200Paragraph 201Paragraph 38Paragraph 11Paragraph 130Paragraph 81Paragraph 111
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.