®Planning appeal decision
31 New Road, BOURNEMOUTH, BH10 7DW
Demolition of an existing detached bungalow - replacing with a detached dwelling containing 7 apartments/flats, with bin and cycle storage and the formation of a new vehicular access with parking spaces
- Authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Sutton A
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 highway safety in the area
- Whether the proposal would satisfy national and local policy for flood risk
- Whether the proposed dwellings would provide suitable living conditions for future occupants, having regard to privacy, noise and outlook
What decided it
The significant harm to character and appearance, combined with unacceptable impacts on highway safety and failure to satisfy flood risk policy, substantially outweighed the moderate benefits of housing delivery, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
The environmental, social and economic benefits identified would be moderate given the scale of the development, but the adverse impacts in respect of character, highway safety and flood risk would significantly outweigh these moderate benefits when assessed against the policies of the Framework taken as a whole.
Framework references: 11, 115
Plan policies cited: Policy CS6, Policy CS21, Policy CS41, Policy 6.10, Policy 4.25, Policy CS16, Policy 3.28, Policy CS17
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.