®Planning appeal decision
807 London Road, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, ESSEX, SS0 9SY
to erect a first floor side extension and convert an existing building into two dwellinghouses with associated parking and amenity space
- Authority
- Southend-on-Sea City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Wright A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the employment use of the site
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
- the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of the occupiers of 1 and 3 Wellington Avenue, with particular regard to outlook
What decided it
The harm to character and appearance and the failure to demonstrate that the site could no longer accommodate employment use, when weighed against the modest housing benefit, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits under paragraph 11(d) of the Framework.
The modest contribution of two dwellings to housing supply was outweighed by significant harm to character and appearance and the unjustified loss of employment use, with the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighing the benefits when assessed against the Framework taken as a whole.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy KP1, Policy KP2, Policy CP1, Policy CP4, Policy DM1, Policy DM3, Policy DM11
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.