®Planning appeal decision
42 Park Street , Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 4UH
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
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.
Framework references: 187, 199, 200, 201, 38, 11, 130, 81, 111
Plan policies cited: Policy LP10, Policy LP16, Policy LP23, Design Guidance: Supplementary Planning Document 2014, Parking: Supplementary Planning Document 2014
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.