®Planning appeal decision
201 Portswood Road, City of Southampton, SOUTHAMPTON, SO17 2NF
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
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.
Framework references: 11, 12
Plan policies cited: saved Policy SDP1, Policy CS13, Policy CS22
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.