®Planning appeal decision
28-30 High Street, Portishead, Bristol, BS20 6EN
Planning appeal 3308912 at 28-30 High Street, Portishead, Bristol, BS20 6EN (North Somerset Council) was dismissed on 25 July 2023 by Inspector Cuthbert L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would provide satisfactory living conditions for future occupants, with respect to privacy, outlook, noise and light.
Erection of two semi-detached dwellings, following demolition of existing outbuilding
- Authority
- North Somerset Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Cuthbert L
- Postcode
- BS20 6EN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would provide satisfactory living conditions for future occupants, with respect to privacy, outlook, noise and light
- The effect of the proposal upon the living conditions of the occupants at 28-30 High Street and 32c-32e High Street, with respect to privacy, outlook and light
- The effect of the development on highway safety, with specific regard to visibility
What decided it
The substantial weight given to the harm to living conditions of both future and existing occupants, which would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of housing delivery and other modest benefits when assessed against the NPPF taken as a whole.
The adverse impacts of harm to living conditions (substantial weight) significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits of 2 dwellings (significant weight), short-term employment (modest weight), community vitality (modest weight), and replacement of redundant outbuilding in a sustainable location (modest weight), resulting in dismissal.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS3Policy CS12Policy DM32Policy DM27Policy DM37Policy DM24
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
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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