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Dismissed6 December 20233315088

201 Portswood Road, City of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 2NF

Planning appeal 3315088 at 201 Portswood Road, City of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 2NF (Southampton City Council) was dismissed on 6 December 2023 by Inspector Buchanan R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the first floor of the proposal on the living conditions of the existing occupiers of the first floor flat on the site and of the existing occupiers of the first floor flat next to the site, having regard to outlook and natural light.

2 storey rear extension to provide extended retail on the ground floor and a residential flat at first floor

Authority
Southampton City Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Other minor developments
Inspector
Buchanan R
Postcode
SO17 2NF

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the first floor of the proposal on the living conditions of the existing occupiers of the first floor flat on the site and of the existing occupiers of the first floor flat next to the site, having regard to outlook and natural light
  • the effect of the first floor of the proposal on the living conditions of the future occupiers of the proposed first floor flat with regard to private external amenity space
  • the effect of the first floor of the proposal on the Solent coastline designated as European sites
  • the effect of the first floor of the proposal on the Council's housing land supply position

What decided it

The cumulative harm to existing and future occupiers' living conditions and the unmitigated adverse effect on the integrity of European sites outweigh the modest housing and economic benefits, notwithstanding the housing land supply shortfall.

The modest social and economic benefits of housing delivery and retail expansion were outweighed by the individually important and cumulatively compelling adverse social and environmental impacts on living conditions and European site integrity, with substantial weight against the proposal.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
saved Policy SDP1Policy CS13Policy CS22
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 12

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