Planning appeal decision
6 Marlborough Place, Brighton, BN1 1UB
Planning appeal 3364923 at 6 Marlborough Place, Brighton, BN1 1UB (Brighton and Hove City Council) was dismissed on 17 July 2025 by Inspector Burley P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the appeal scheme on the supply of employment floorspace.
a temporary change of use of offices (Class E) to nine bedroom large house in multiple occupation (Sui Generis) for occupation by property guardians until the end of December 2026
- Authority
- Brighton and Hove City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Burley P
- Postcode
- BN1 1UB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the appeal scheme on the supply of employment floorspace
- whether the appeal scheme would provide acceptable living conditions for the future occupiers of the development with particular regard to noise
What decided it
The failure to provide sufficiently robust marketing evidence to justify the loss of employment floorspace, combined with the inability to ensure acceptable living conditions for future occupiers due to proximity to noise-generating uses without adequate mitigation.
the adverse impacts of the appeal scheme significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits when assessed against the policies in the Framework and in the development plan when taken as a whole, despite positive weight being attached to the delivery of temporary housing
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CP3Policy DM20Policy DM40
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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