®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed21 March 20253348382
Units 9, 1 D Panorama House, Vale Road, Hove, BN41 1BA
conversion of Unit 9 into an office use. Provision of new obscure glazed windows (within existing openings)
- Authority
- Brighton and Hove City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hobbs J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would provide acceptable office accommodation, with particular regard to outlook, and noise and disturbance
- the effect of the proposal on neighbouring residents' living conditions, with particular regard to the fear of crime and anti-social behaviour, noise and disturbance, and privacy
What decided it
The very limited outlook from the proposed office due to full obscure glazing would be oppressive and overbearing on future occupiers, and the change from a secure residential building to a mixed-use development would increase fear of crime and anti-social behaviour among neighbouring residents.
Plan policies cited: Policy DM20, Policy DM11, Policy CP12
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