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Allowed15 February 20243321177

Enterprise Point and 16-18 Melbourne Street, Brighton, BN2 3LH

Planning appeal 3321177 at Enterprise Point and 16-18 Melbourne Street, Brighton, BN2 3LH (Brighton and Hove City Council) was allowed on 15 February 2024 by Inspector Sabu R, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area.

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
Postcode
BN2 3LH

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.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
CP12CP14DM18DM19DM20
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 57

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