Planning appeal decision
21 - 35 St Denys Road, Southampton, SO17 1GJ
Planning appeal 3369654 at 21 - 35 St Denys Road, Southampton, SO17 1GJ (Southampton City Council) was dismissed on 15 December 2025 by Inspector Burley P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed operations on the highway network.
Change of use from car sales and workshop to cruise car parking
- Authority
- Southampton City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Burley P
- Postcode
- SO17 1GJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed operations on the highway network
What decided it
The appellant failed to provide evidence demonstrating that the proposed meet-and-greet service would not result in a significant increase in highway trips or that operational controls could adequately mitigate highway impacts, contrary to Policy CS18.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS18
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision


More decisions in Southampton
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2025
- Notice upheld15 September 20263371847171 Peartree Avenue, Southampton, SO19 7RA
- Notice upheld14 September 2026337321817 Vespasian Road, Southampton, SO18 1AY
- Dismissed27 August 20266010618Pavment Outside 10 Bargate Street, Southampton, SO14 2DA
- Dismissed27 August 20266010617Pavment Outside 10 Bargate Street, Southampton, SO14 2DA
- Notice upheld13 August 20263377915124 Bevois Valley Road, Southampton, SO14 0JZ
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
®