®Planning appeal decision
171-172 High Street, SOUTHAMPTON, SO14 2BY
the change of use of building to provide a 40 bedroom hotel and ancillary hair and beauty salon, nightclub (basement), wine bar (ground floor) and extensions and alterations to existing building, including a roof extension, together with a six storey rear extension and extension of existing basement, following demolition of part of the building at the rear
- Authority
- Southampton City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Redford R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development can secure adequate provision for highway safety, training and employment, carbon management, European protected habitat mitigation, and community safety matters without the use of planning obligations; and if any planning obligations are identified how they should be secured
What decided it
The appellant's inability to secure a signed bilateral section 106 agreement due to third-party financing constraints meant the necessary planning obligations could not be legally binding and enforceable, rendering the development unacceptable.
Plan policies cited: CS18, CS25, SDP4, CS24, CS20, CS22, CS13, SDP10, SDP12, AP8
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