®Planning appeal decision
Athena House, 612-616 Wimborne Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH9 2EN
the demolition of existing office building and replacement with new building to form ground floor commercial and 9 flats
- Authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Evans J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the scheme upon the character and appearance of the area, having particular regard to whether it would preserve the special interest and setting of a nearby listed building and the effect upon the significance of a nearby Non-Designated Heritage Asset
- The effect upon the living conditions of nearby residents having particular regard to outlook and loss of light
- The effect upon protected habitat sites
What decided it
The scheme would result in less than substantial harm to the setting and special interest of the listed library and would adversely affect the integrity of protected habitat sites, and these harms could not be overcome by conditions or outweighed by the housing benefits despite the Council's acute supply shortfall.
The provision of nine homes and modest economic benefits weighed in favour of the scheme, but the harm to the designated heritage asset (listed building) and to protected habitat sites, combined with harm to neighbouring living conditions, provided strong reasons for dismissal that outweighed the housing benefits despite the Council's 2.1 year housing land supply position.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: CS21, CS39, CS40, CS41, CS33, Policy 6.10
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.