®Planning appeal decision
Chelsea Hotel, 32 St. Swithuns Road, Bournemouth, BH1 3RH
Planning appeal 3342711 at Chelsea Hotel, 32 St. Swithuns Road, Bournemouth, BH1 3RH (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) was dismissed on 11 September 2024 by Inspector O'Brien L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether or not the appeal site is a suitable location for the proposed development with particular regard to local planning policy and the effect of the use of the building as a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) on the character and appearance of the area and on the living conditions of neighbouring residents.
Conversion of a hotel (Use Class C1) into a ten- bedroom, eleven person (including caretaker), Co-Living Accommodation (sui generis), including erection of new cycle store
- Authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- O'Brien L
- Postcode
- BH1 3RH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether or not the appeal site is a suitable location for the proposed development with particular regard to local planning policy and the effect of the use of the building as a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) on the character and appearance of the area and on the living conditions of neighbouring residents
- the effect of the proposed bin store and bicycle store on the character and appearance of the area
- whether or not the proposal would provide adequate living conditions for future occupiers with particular regard to the external amenity area and light
What decided it
The proposal would cause harm to character and appearance through the prominent bin store and oversized bicycle store, and would fail to provide adequate living conditions for future occupiers due to insufficient external amenity space and poor light, which harms significantly and demonstrably outweighed the limited housing and economic benefits.
the limited benefits of additional residential accommodation in a sustainable location and modest economic benefits were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the harm to character and appearance and inadequate living conditions for future occupiers
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS24Policy 6.17Policy CS41
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
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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