Planning appeal decision
3 Pains Road, Southsea, PO5 1HE
Planning appeal 3298111 at 3 Pains Road, Southsea, PO5 1HE (Portsmouth City Council) was dismissed on 28 November 2022 by Inspector Edwards S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the integrity of the Special Protection Areas.
change of use from C4 House of Multiple Occupation to Sui Generis House of Multiple Occupation for more than 6 persons
- Authority
- Portsmouth City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Edwards S
- Postcode
- PO5 1HE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the integrity of the Special Protection Areas
- Whether the proposal would provide satisfactory living conditions for future occupiers of the development
What decided it
The absence of satisfactorily secured mitigation measures for impacts on the Solent Special Protection Areas meant the significant adverse effects on the water environment could not be excluded, causing conflict with the development plan and Habitats Regulations that outweighed the satisfactory living conditions finding.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy PSC13Policy PCS23
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 15
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.
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