13 Third Avenue, Brighton, BN3 2PB

Change of use of part of ground floor to form one self- contained studio flat (Class C3)

Authority: Brighton and Hove City Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: O'Brien L

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether or not the proposed studio flat would provide satisfactory living conditions for future occupiers with particular regard to space

What decided it

The proposed studio flat at 32sqm would provide unsatisfactory living conditions for future occupiers by falling significantly short of the nationally described space standards and would be unduly cramped, and this harm significantly and demonstrably outweighs the limited benefit of providing one additional housing unit in a sustainable location where the Council cannot demonstrate a five-year housing land supply.

the adverse effects of providing cramped and unsatisfactory living conditions and poor quality housing outweighed the limited benefit of one additional residential unit in a sustainable location where five-year housing land supply cannot be demonstrated

Plan policies cited: Policy DM1 of Brighton & Hove City Plan Part Two, October 2022

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