®Planning appeal decision
St James Hospital, Locksway Road, Southsea, Portsmouth, PO4 8LD
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
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.
Framework references: 11, 56, 93, 110, 111, 197, 202, 203
Plan policies cited: Policy PCS10, Policy PCS12, Policy PCS13, Policy PCS14, Policy PCS15, Policy PCS16, Policy PCS17, Policy PCS19, Policy PCS21, Policy PCS23, Policy STJ1, Policy MH1, Policy ENV1, Policy ENV2, Policy TSP1, Policy TSP2, Policy TSP3, Policy HSG1, Policy HSG2, Policy PLD1, Policy LGS1, Policy LGS2
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.