Brighton Gasworks, Land bounded by Roedean Road (B2066), Marina Way and Boundary Road, Brighton and Hove, BN2 5TG

Authority: Brighton and Hove City Council
Appeal type: other · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Inquiry
Development: residential · Unknown
Inspector: Young D

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Character and appearance
Heritage Assets
Living conditions

What decided it

The substantial benefits of redeveloping a brownfield site for much-needed homes and other identified needs, in a Council area lacking a five-year housing land supply, outweighed the limited heritage and amenity harms identified.

The substantial weight given to brownfield housing delivery and sustainable location, together with significant weight to townscape enhancement, biodiversity net gain, jobs and public realm, outweighed the great weight given to less than substantial heritage harm to the FCH and the limited weight given to harm to non-designated heritage assets and neighbouring living conditions, tipping the balance in favour of the proposal.

Framework references: 11, 33, 49, 57, 58, 61, 125, 130, 131, 139, 207, 208, 212, 215

Plan policies cited: Policy DA2, Policy CP12, Policy CP14, Policy CP15, Policy CP20, Policy CP8, Policy CP19, Policy SS1, Policy DM18, Policy DM19, Policy DM20, Policy DM28, Policy DM29, Policy DM11, Policy DM1, Policy SA5

Judgments cited: Jones v Mordue [2016] 1 W.L.R 2682; Catesby Estates Ltd. v Peter Steer v Historic England [2018] EWCA Civ 1697

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What an account adds

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

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