®Planning appeal decision
71 Church Hill Road, Birmingham, B20 3PA
a change of use of a Class C3 (dwellinghouse) to C2 (residential institution) for a small-scale care home accommodating up to two 16-24 year old young people requiring personal or nursing care
- Authority
- Birmingham City Council
- Appeal type
- Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- community-institutional
- Postcode
- B20 3PA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would result in the loss of a dwelling suitable as family accommodation and, if so, whether it would have an adverse effect on the maintenance of balanced communities with accommodation to meet local needs, and lead to an over-concentration of non-family residential uses to the detriment of local character
- the effect of the proposal on nearby occupiers' living conditions, with particular regard to noise and disturbance
What decided it
The identified social need for small-scale care homes for vulnerable young people, combined with the limited impact on character and living conditions due to the small scale, high supervision, and similarity in occupancy levels to a typical family home, outweighed the loss of family accommodation.
Framework references: 61, 63
Plan policies cited: Policy TP35, Policy DM12, Policy PG3
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