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Dismissed20 August 20243338834

Hallgarth Care Centre, Hallgarth Street, Durham, DH1 3AY

Planning appeal 3338834 at Hallgarth Care Centre, Hallgarth Street, Durham, DH1 3AY (Durham County Council) was dismissed on 20 August 2024 by Inspector Dowsett J, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on creating, or maintaining, a mixed and balanced community, having regard to the policies in the development plan.

Conversion of care home (C2) to Student Accommodation comprising 69 bedspace in the form of 9 cluster apartments, re-roofing of conservatories, erection of new cycle shelter and replacement bin store

Authority
Durham County Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Dowsett J
Postcode
DH1 3AY

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the proposal on creating, or maintaining, a mixed and balanced community, having regard to the policies in the development plan.
  • The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of the occupiers of nearby residential properties.

What decided it

The proposed units would be licensable as HMOs, causing the scheme to conflict with the 10% HMO concentration threshold in Policy 16 of the CDP and thus with the development plan as a whole.

the modest benefits of the scheme (building reuse, employment, accommodation provision), individually or cumulatively, did not overcome the significant weight given to the conflict with the development plan

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy 16Policy 31Policy C16

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