®Planning appeal decision
Allowed31 July 20233312893
34 Chesham Road, BRIGHTON, BN2 1NB
conversion of ground floor commercial unit and lower ground floor residential unit into a residential maisonette
- Authority
- Brighton and Hove City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Parker R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would comply with development plan policy in respect of economic development and the loss of community facilities
- whether the development would provide adequate living conditions for future occupants, with particular regard to natural light and ventilation
- whether there are material considerations to outweigh any policy conflict in respect of the above matters, sufficient to justify a grant of permission
What decided it
The existence of a credible and implementable fallback position under Class MA permitted development rights, which would result in loss of the community facility regardless, combined with the superior quality of the proposed maisonette over the fallback scheme.
Plan policies cited: Policy DM9, Policy CP2, Policy DM1, Policy DM44
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