®Planning appeal decision
CLIFTON HOUSE, CLIFTON ROAD, EXETER, DEVON, EX1 2BH
erection of six purpose built student accommodation units
- Authority
- Exeter City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Kent R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be acceptable in this location with particular regard to the level of student accommodation in the surrounding area
- whether the proposed development would provide adequate living conditions for future occupants of the accommodation with particular reference to internal living space and external amenity space
What decided it
The adverse impacts of granting permission—moderate harm from adding to student accommodation concentration and substantial harm to future occupants' living conditions—significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits when assessed against the Framework policies as a whole.
The moderate harm from adding to student accommodation concentration and substantial harm to living conditions outweighed the modest benefit of providing additional PBSA and limited short-term economic benefits, despite the Council's inability to demonstrate five years' housing land supply.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: LP policy H5, LP policy DG4, CS Objective 3, CS Objective 9
Judgments cited: Exeter City Council vs. Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Waddeton Park Limited and The R B Nelder Trust [2015] EWHC 1663
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.