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Dismissed23 February 20233300305

Argyle House, Collingwood Road, Coventry, CV5 6HW

Planning appeal 3300305 at Argyle House, Collingwood Road, Coventry, CV5 6HW (Coventry City Council) was dismissed on 23 February 2023 by Inspector Page L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers.

Demolition of existing offices and warehouse buildings and erection of Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) between two and four storey building and associated works

Authority
Coventry City Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Page L
Postcode
CV5 6HW

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers

What decided it

The concentration of high-density student accommodation movements at a single access point would generate noise and disturbance incompatible with the existing residential context both during daytime and nighttime, severely diminishing neighbouring occupiers' living conditions.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy H10Policy DE1
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 111

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