®Planning appeal decision
Basilica House, 334 Southend Road, WICKFORD, SS11 8QS
‘convert existing offices and add second storey to create four no 1-bedroom flats and four no 2-bedroom flats with allocated parking, cycle stores and refuse store’
- Authority
- Basildon District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Marriott H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
- the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers with particular regard to privacy and outlook
- whether the proposed development would provide suitable living conditions for future occupiers, with particular regard to outdoor amenity space
What decided it
The significant and demonstrable harm to the character and appearance of the area caused by the incongruous third storey outweighed the modest housing and economic benefits, even when assessed against the tilted balance of paragraph 11(d) of the Framework.
the adverse impacts of the proposal, particularly significant harm to character and appearance, would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of housing delivery and economic contributions when assessed against the policies of the Framework taken as a whole
Framework references: 11, 131, 135
Plan policies cited: Policy BAS BE12
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