®Planning appeal decision
71-73 Southchurch Road, Southend on Sea, Essex, SS1 2NL
part conversion of rear ground floor to form new self-contained apartment, and extension to first floor rear apartment to form new 3-Bedroom HMO
- Authority
- Southend-on-Sea City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Burley P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether appropriate waste management arrangements would be made for the proposed first floor house in multiple occupation (HMO) unit
- whether the effects of the appeal scheme on designated habitats sites would be appropriately mitigated
What decided it
The Council's failure to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply and substantially below-target housing delivery engaged the tilted balance under NPPF paragraph 11(d), and the negative weight of the waste management shortfall did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the housing benefit.
The negative weight attached to the waste collection arrangements did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefit of the additional HMO accommodation when assessed against the policies of the Framework taken as a whole, in the context of the Council's lack of five-year housing land supply.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy KP2, Policy CP4, Policy DM1, Policy DM3, Policy DM8, Policy DM2
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.