®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent 242 St Helens Road, St Leonards on Sea, Hastings , TN34 2NE
proposed removal of single garage and outbuilding. Proposed new single storey dwelling and detached double garage
- Authority
- Hastings Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Lawrence E
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The proposed garage, due to its siting, size, height and utilitarian appearance, would be visually stark and unduly prominent, dominating the entrance and reducing soft landscaping, thereby causing material and unacceptable harm to the character and appearance of the area that outweighs the benefits of the scheme and cannot be addressed by conditions.
The significant harm to character and appearance caused by the garage, weighted heavily against the proposal, outweighed the modest economic and social benefits and the very limited housing benefit, such that the adverse impacts would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits when assessed against the Framework policies as a whole, and the presumption in favour of sustainable development should not be applied.
Framework references: 11, 130, 134, 86
Plan policies cited: DMP Policy DM1
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.