®Planning appeal decision
246 Havant Road, Portsmouth, PO6 1PA
Change of use of part ground floor and upper floor, from commercial (Class E), to eight bedroom house in multiple occupation (Sui generis); to include retention of ground floor commercial unit (Class E), installation of new shopfront including residential and commercial access doors, construction of Mansard roof extension, rear terrace at ground floor level, and associated bicycle and refuse storage
- Authority
- Portsmouth City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Kent R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development makes suitable provision for car parking with regard to the effect on the living conditions of occupiers of nearby dwellings
- whether the proposal would provide acceptable living conditions for future occupiers of the room identified as 'bedroom 1' with regard to access and layout
- whether the proposal is in a suitable location having regard to the development plan policies for development within the Havant Road local centre
- the effect of the development on the Chichester and Langston Harbours SPA, the Portsmouth Harbour SPA and the Solent and Southampton Water SPA and on the Solent and Isle of Wight Lagoons SAC and the Solent Maritime SAC
What decided it
The shortfall in the Council's housing land supply (4.97 years) triggered the presumption in favour of sustainable development, and the substantial benefits of providing 8 residential units in a sustainable location outweighed the limited harm to policy PCS18 regarding local centre vitality.
The limited adverse impact on the local centre policy (PCS18) was substantially outweighed by the benefits of housing delivery in a sustainable location and the shortfall in the Council's housing land supply, applying the presumption in favour of sustainable development under paragraph 11(d) of the Framework.
Framework references: 11, 232
Plan policies cited: Policy PCS17, Policy PCS18, Policy PCS23, Policy PCS13
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.