Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Dismissed17 May 20243328946

27 Emsworth Road, Havant , PO9 2SN

Planning appeal 3328946 at 27 Emsworth Road, Havant , PO9 2SN (Havant Borough Council) was dismissed on 17 May 2024 by Inspector Redford R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area.

the erection of one two-storey building comprising two studio apartments (Use Class C3) with associated hard landscaping

Authority
Havant Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Redford R
Postcode
PO9 2SN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
  • Whether the proposed development would provide appropriate living conditions for future occupants with specific regard to outlook, access to natural light and external space
  • The effect of the proposal on the Solent European Sites

What decided it

The significantly detrimental impact on the living conditions of the ground floor apartment occupants, combined with harm to the character and appearance of the area, outweighed the moderate benefits of housing provision in a location with insufficient supply.

The moderate weight given to housing provision and contribution to the 5-year supply was outweighed by the significant harm to character and appearance and the unacceptable living conditions for future occupants, particularly the ground floor apartment.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy CS16Policy CS11Policy CS21Policy DM24
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 135

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

See how each was applied

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

20 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision
An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter
Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.
Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app
Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.
Start your free trial

More decisions in Havant

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2024

  1. Dismissed24 June 20266002048
    Oklahoma, 4 Long Copse Lane, Emsworth, PO10 7UL
  2. Dismissed19 March 20266000770
    Beachlands, 5 Sea Front, Hayling Island, PO11 9HG
  3. Dismissed20 January 20266000634
    36 Rownhams Road, Havant, PO9 4QB
  4. Allowed17 November 20253367889
    43 Prospect Lane, Havant, Hampshire, PO9 5NH
  5. Allowed26 February 20243314789
    93 Winterslow Drive, Havant, PO9 5DZ

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.