®Planning appeal decision
Post Office, 91 Cape Hill, Smethwick, B66 4SD
Planning appeal 3334161 at Post Office, 91 Cape Hill, Smethwick, B66 4SD (Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 19 June 2024 by Inspector Wilkinson H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on highway safety and living conditions with particular regard to the adequacy of the on-site parking provision and parking stress.
the retention of post office to ground floor, change of use of first floor offices to residential with 3 storey rear extension and addition of a new second floor to create 6 No. self-contained apartments and 1 No. office at ground floor with parking, bike store and associated works
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Wilkinson H
- Postcode
- B66 4SD
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on highway safety and living conditions with particular regard to the adequacy of the on-site parking provision and parking stress
What decided it
The adverse impacts on highway safety from inadequate parking provision and parking stress would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the moderate benefits of housing delivery, even in the context of the Council's inability to demonstrate a 5-year housing land supply.
The moderate benefits of housing delivery and town centre regeneration were outweighed by significant adverse impacts on highway safety; the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Revised Residential Design Guide Supplementary Planning Document (January 2014)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 8
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.
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