®Planning appeal decision
14, 16, 18 & 20 Windsor Road, WORTHING, BN11 2LX
the change of use from hotel (C1) to 44 ensuite bedroom shared living accommodation with associated kitchens, dining and living spaces (sui generis). External alterations to the building and forecourt, provision of soft landscaping and amendments to doors and windows to reinstate appearance of individual properties
- Authority
- Worthing Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Glassar S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on the character of the area and the living conditions of adjoining and nearby occupiers in respect of increased noise, disturbance and anti-social behaviour/fear of crime.
What decided it
The significant and long-lasting harm to the character of the area and the living conditions of adjoining and nearby occupiers from noise and disturbance outweighed the housing and other benefits of the scheme.
The housing, economic and social benefits of the scheme were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the harm to the character of the area and the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers, so the scheme was not sustainable development and conflicted with the development plan as a whole.
Framework references: 11, 131, 135
Plan policies cited: Policy DM1, Policy DM1(a), Policy DM1(f), Policy DM2, Policy DM2(c)(i), Policy DM2(c)(iv), Policy DM5, Policy DM5(a)(i), Policy DM5(a)(vii), Policy DM5(a)(viii)
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.