Oriental Hotel, 9 Oriental Place, Brighton, BN1 2LJ

Planning appeal 3310420 at Oriental Hotel, 9 Oriental Place, Brighton, BN1 2LJ (Brighton and Hove City Council) was dismissed on 29 September 2023 by Inspector Holden S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the change of use is justified having regard to the provision of hotel/guest house accommodation in the city and its effect on adjoining occupiers.

a partial change of use to create events space and C3 maisonette including internal alterations

Authority: Brighton and Hove City Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Holden S
Postcode: BN1 2LJ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the change of use is justified having regard to the provision of hotel/guest house accommodation in the city and its effect on adjoining occupiers

What decided it

The proposal would result in the loss of 7 rooms of good quality visitor accommodation without substantive evidence of non-viability, conflicting with Policy CP6.6 and the Council's strategy to protect hotel accommodation in the Hotel Core Zone.

the adverse impacts of the loss of visitor accommodation and conflict with economic development policy carried significant weight and significantly and demonstrably outweighed the very limited benefits of a poorly-designed 4-bedroom maisonette and small events space, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy CP6Policy CP6.6Policy CP6.1Policy CP19Policy DM20
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11Paragraph 56

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