®Planning appeal decision
Southbourne Crossroads Car Park , Bournemouth, BH6 3NH
Planning appeal 3310674 at Southbourne Crossroads Car Park , Bournemouth, BH6 3NH (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) was allowed on 3 March 2023 by Inspector Webb B, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the loss of public parking space would be acceptable.
Construction of 4 new blocks of apartments with associated undercroft carparking
- Authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Webb B
- Postcode
- BH6 3NH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the loss of public parking space would be acceptable
- the effect of the developments on the character and appearance of the area
- the effect of the developments on the living and working conditions of adjacent dwellings and businesses in relation to outlook and light
What decided it
The Council's own 2017 Cabinet resolution that the car park was surplus to requirement, combined with evidence of continued low usage and the availability of alternative parking, made the loss of parking space acceptable and the schemes compliant with the development plan taken as a whole.
The benefits of residential development on underused land and enhancement of the seafront character outweighed the loss of underused public parking space and minor impacts on daylight to adjacent dwellings.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- saved Policy 8.22 of the Bournemouth District Wide Local Plan 2002saved Policy 6.9 of the Bournemouth District Wide Local Plan 2002saved Policy 6.10 of the Bournemouth District Wide Local Plan 2002Policy CS22 of the Bournemouth Local Plan: Core Strategy 2012Policy CS41 of the Bournemouth Local Plan: Core Strategy 2012Policy AH1 of the Affordable Housing Development Plan Document 2009Policy CS14 of the Bournemouth Local Plan: Core Strategy 2012Policy CS2 of the Bournemouth Local Plan: Core Strategy 2012
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 120Paragraph 125Paragraph 57
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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