®Planning appeal decision
114 Sunninghill Avenue, HOVE, BN3 8JA
planning application to sub divide a dwellinghouse into two dwellings
- Authority
- Brighton and Hove City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Dyer I
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development provides suitable living conditions for future occupiers with particular regard to the provision of external amenity space
- The effect of the development on the availability of family housing
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the site and the surrounding area
What decided it
The creation of poor-quality living conditions with inadequate external amenity space and the harmful undermining of the area's character outweighed the benefits of delivering one additional dwelling in a location with significant housing land supply shortfall.
The benefits of housing delivery and use of brownfield land within the settlement were outweighed by the failure to achieve well-designed places that support health and wellbeing, with the importance of good design overpowering the provision of an extra windfall unit.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy DM1, Policy DM3, Policy DM18, Policy DM21, Policy DM22, Policy CP12, Policy CP14, Policy CP19
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.