Planning appeal decision
21 Bowers Drive, Burseldon, Hampshire, SO31 8LZ
Planning appeal 3350330 at 21 Bowers Drive, Burseldon, Hampshire, SO31 8LZ (Eastleigh Borough Council) was dismissed on 25 June 2025 by Inspector Pickernell E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on highway safety, and free flow of traffic with particular regard to parking provision.
convert garage into kitchen/dining including downstairs toilet
- Authority
- Eastleigh Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Pickernell E
- Postcode
- SO31 8LZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on highway safety, and free flow of traffic with particular regard to parking provision
What decided it
The loss of the garage for parking would displace a vehicle to on-street parking in an already congested street, thereby exacerbating highway safety and traffic flow to the detriment of all road users.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DM14
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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The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
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