®Planning appeal decision
267 Hotwell Road, Bristol, BS8 4SF
a change of use from existing office use to residential accommodation in the form of an eight-bed house in multiple-occupation (Sui Generis)
- Authority
- Bristol City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Parkin A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of the occupiers of the ground floor flat at 269 Hotwell Road, with particular regard to the concentration of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) in the area
- Highway safety
- Climate change, with particular regard to future energy use and carbon dioxide emissions
- The significance of designated heritage assets
What decided it
The less than substantial harm to the significance of the Grade II listed building and conservation area caused by internal alterations and increased waste storage clutter was not outweighed by the limited public benefits of the proposal, and the proposal conflicted with the development plan as a whole.
The benefits of housing delivery and environmental improvements were outweighed by the less than substantial harm to the significance of designated heritage assets, which attracted considerable weight and was not justified by the public benefits of the proposal.
Framework references: 11, 212, 215
Plan policies cited: Policy DM2, Policy BCS21, Policy DM32, Policy BCS14, Policy BCS22, Policy DM30, Policy DM31
Judgments cited: Holborn Studios Ltd v The Council of the London Borough of Hackney (2018)
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