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Allowed16 August 20233302931

St James Hospital, Locksway Road, Southsea, Portsmouth, PO4 8LD

Planning appeal 3302931 at St James Hospital, Locksway Road, Southsea, Portsmouth, PO4 8LD (Portsmouth City Council) was allowed on 16 August 2023 by Inspector McCoy R, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the works proposed on the significance of St James' Hospital and Chapel.

the redevelopment of former St James’ Hospital comprising the conversion of listed buildings to provide 146 dwellings and associated works including demolition of extensions and ancillary buildings, erection of new 2 storey housing and 3 storey apartments to provide 84 dwellings, retention of cricket pitch and listed chapel, provision of car parking, associated landscaping and other works (phased development)

Authority
Portsmouth City Council
Appeal type
other · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
residential · Unknown
Inspector
McCoy R
Postcode
PO4 8LD

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the works proposed on the significance of St James' Hospital and Chapel
  • the effect of the development proposed on the setting of St James' Hospital and Chapel, and on the hospital grounds
  • the effect on trees and open space
  • the effect on highway safety

What decided it

The very significant public benefits of housing delivery in an area without a five-year deliverable housing land supply, combined with securing the optimum viable use of the listed buildings, outweighed the identified less than substantial heritage harm.

The very significant benefits of housing delivery, securing the listed buildings' optimum viable use and recovering heritage significance clearly outweighed the low level of less than substantial harm to designated heritage assets and the minor harm to the non-designated hospital grounds and open space; under the NPPF paragraph 11(d) tilted balance the benefits significantly and demonstrably outweighed the adverse impacts.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy PCS10Policy PCS12Policy PCS13Policy PCS14Policy PCS15Policy PCS16Policy PCS17Policy PCS19Policy PCS21Policy PCS23Policy STJ1Policy MH1Policy ENV1Policy ENV2Policy TSP1Policy TSP2Policy TSP3Policy HSG1Policy HSG2Policy PLD1Policy LGS1Policy LGS2
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 56Paragraph 93Paragraph 110Paragraph 111Paragraph 197Paragraph 202Paragraph 203

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