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Allowed31 July 20233312893

34 Chesham Road, Brighton, BN2 1NB

Planning appeal 3312893 at 34 Chesham Road, Brighton, BN2 1NB (Brighton and Hove City Council) was allowed on 31 July 2023 by Inspector Parker R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would comply with development plan policy in respect of economic development and the loss of community facilities.

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
Postcode
BN2 1NB

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.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy DM9Policy CP2Policy DM1Policy DM44

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