®Planning appeal decision
131 High Street, Weston Super Mare, BS23 1HN
the change of use from a cafe (Class E) with ancillary accommodation at first floor to a large house in multiple occupation for up to 8no. people with office and communal areas at ground floor (sui generis)
- Authority
- North Somerset Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Redford R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on a non-designated heritage asset and conservation area
- the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of the occupants of No 133 High Street with specific regard to privacy
- whether the proposal would provide adequate living conditions for future occupants
- the effect of the proposal on the area's housing mix
- whether the appeal site is a suitable location for the proposal having regard to relevant policies relating to local centre uses
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a 5-year housing land supply, combined with the significant benefits of housing delivery and heritage conservation, outweighed the moderate harm from the loss of a town centre commercial use and contribution to housing type concentration.
The significant benefits of housing supply contribution, heritage asset conservation, and bringing a vacant building back into active use in a sustainable location outweighed the moderate harm from the loss of a town centre commercial unit and the concentration of shared housing types in the area.
Framework references: 11, 202, 212, 216
Plan policies cited: CS Policy CS3, CS Policy CS5, CS Policy CS12, CS Policy CS14, CS Policy CS15, CS Policy CS21, SPP Policy DM3, SPP Policy DM7, SPP Policy DM32, SPP Policy DM34, SPP Policy DM39, SPP Policy DM60
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.