®Planning appeal decision
Enterprise Point and 16-18 Melbourne Street, Brighton, BN2 3LH
demolition of the existing buildings and erection of a new development of 6 and 8 storeys, comprising co-working business floor space (use class E) and provision of co-living studio flats (Sui Generis) with communal internal spaces, including kitchens and living rooms, and gym and external landscaped amenity courtyard, gardens and roof terrace, access, cycle and car parking, plant, electricity sub-station, bin stores, laundry and associated landscaping and environmental improvement works to the public realm and Melbourne Street
- Authority
- Brighton and Hove City Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Sabu R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- the effect of the proposal on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers with regard to light and privacy
What decided it
The significant weight attributed to the housing delivery and affordable housing benefits, in the context of a severe housing land supply shortfall, outweighed the limited and moderate harms identified to character and appearance and to neighbouring living conditions.
The significant weight given to housing delivery and affordable housing benefits, together with lesser weight given to public realm and landscaping benefits, outweighed the limited harm to character and appearance and the moderate harm to neighbours' living conditions, such that the adverse effects did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits when assessed against the Framework as a whole.
Framework references: 11, 57
Plan policies cited: CP12, CP14, DM18, DM19, DM20
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.