®Planning appeal decision
15 Durham Street, Gosport, Hants, PO12 3JE
Planning appeal 6000620 at 15 Durham Street, Gosport, Hants, PO12 3JE (Gosport Borough Council) was allowed on 11 March 2026 by Inspector Reeves K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposed parking provision and layout would result in unacceptable impacts on highway safety or residential amenity.
change of use from dwellinghouse (Class C3) to a nine-bedroom nine- person House in Multiple Occupation with associated car parking (Sui Generis)
- Authority
- Gosport Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Reeves K
- Postcode
- PO12 3JE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed parking provision and layout would result in unacceptable impacts on highway safety or residential amenity
- whether the development would achieve nutrient neutrality, or otherwise secure appropriate mitigation for increased nutrient discharge affecting European designated sites
- whether adequate mitigation is secured to address recreational disturbance impacts on the Solent Special Protection Areas (SPAs)
What decided it
The realistic fallback position of a six-person HMO with minimal parking, combined with the demonstrated ability to accommodate three parking spaces and the availability of established mitigation mechanisms for nutrient loading and recreational disturbance, meant the proposal would not result in unacceptable impacts on highway safety, residential amenity or European designated sites.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy LP10Policy LP23Policy LP42Policy LP44
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
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