®Planning appeal decision
14 Holly Road, LIVERPOOL, L7 0LH
Adaptation/change of use of former nuns’ shared accommodation to form a 12 room HMO (sui generis) with shared communal facilities, associated internal and external alterations/refurbishments (including external rendering and new/replacement windows and rooflights) and erection of bin and cycle stores
- Authority
- Liverpool City Council
- Appeal type
- major · Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Moore J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal upon the balance and mix of housing
- whether the proposal would provide acceptable living conditions for future occupiers, with particular regard to internal space, outlook and levels of light
- whether the proposed works would preserve the Grade II listed building 14 Holly Road (Ref:1075188) or any features of special architectural or historic interest which it possesses
What decided it
The absence of sufficiently detailed information and clear justification for the replacement of single glazing with vacuum glazed units, which would harm the special architectural interest of the listed building, combined with the failure to provide acceptable living conditions due to inadequate kitchen facilities and poor light/outlook to Bedroom 4.
The less than substantial harm to the listed building at the lower end of that spectrum, and the harm to living conditions, were not outweighed by the public benefits of bringing the building into active use, environmental and housing benefits, which collectively carried significant positive weight but could not overcome the identified harms and absence of detailed information.
Framework references: 130, 213
Plan policies cited: Policy H10.1, Policy H10.2(n), Policy H10.2(m), Policy H11, Policy HD1
Judgments cited: Bernard Wheatcroft Ltd v SSE [JPL 1982 P37]; Holborn Studios Ltd v The Council of the London Borough of Hackney [2017] EWHC 2823 (Admin)
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