®Planning appeal decision
32-38 Stoke Road, Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 1JG
conversion of vacant ground and first floor offices into an 18 bedroom HMO
- Authority
- Gosport Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Reeves K
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of the occupiers of neighbouring properties and the future occupiers of the development, with particular regard to car parking provision
What decided it
The scale of the 18-bedroom HMO and the absence of sufficient parking provision on site would cause unacceptable harm to the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers and fail to provide suitable living conditions for future occupiers, conflicting with Policy LP23.
The limited benefits of housing choice and reuse of a vacant building were outweighed by the significant harm caused by inadequate parking provision affecting both neighbouring and future occupiers' living conditions.
Plan policies cited: Policy LP23 of the Gosport Borough Local Plan 2011-2029, Parking Supplementary Planning Document 2014
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.