®Planning appeal decision
Kingsbridge House, 19 Rectory Grove, Southend on Sea, SS9 2HA
the conversion of the first floor from offices to residential (C3) with 4no dwellings and the construction of a new second floor penthouse to provide one additional dwelling (Class C3)
- Authority
- Southend-on-Sea City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Berry A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the surrounding area
- the living conditions of the occupiers of neighbouring properties, with particular reference to privacy
What decided it
The substantial harm to character and appearance and the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers, particularly privacy impacts, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the moderate benefits of providing four additional dwellings when assessed against the Framework taken as a whole.
The moderate benefits of providing four family-sized dwellings were substantially outweighed by the substantial harm to character and appearance and living conditions of neighbours, particularly privacy impacts, when assessed against the Framework taken as a whole.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy KP2, Policy CP4, Policy DM1, Policy DM3
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.