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Dismissed30 December 20253322944

58 Northbrook Road, Southampton, SO14 0BU

Planning appeal 3322944 at 58 Northbrook Road, Southampton, SO14 0BU (Southampton City Council) was dismissed on 30 December 2025 by Inspector Hocking P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's refusal to grant a certificate of lawfulness is well founded.

Use of one room of dwellinghouse for retail sale of ladies fashions being ancillary to the authorised use of the property as a residential dwellinghouse (C3)

Authority
Southampton City Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
retail · Minor retail and services
Inspector
Hocking P
Postcode
SO14 0BU

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the Council's refusal to grant a certificate of lawfulness is well founded

What decided it

The appellant failed to demonstrate that the proposed retail use would be ancillary or incidental to the residential use rather than creating a mixed use, particularly given the practical incompatibility of retail fixtures and fittings with residential occupation and the previous findings of planning harm from retail use at the site.

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