Planning appeal decision
School House Barn Land Adjacent Pear Tree Cottage, Circular Road, Seaview, PO34 5ET
Planning appeal 6009569 at School House Barn Land Adjacent Pear Tree Cottage, Circular Road, Seaview, PO34 5ET (Isle of Wight) was allowed on 28 August 2026 by Inspector R Cahalane, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposed development on highway safety, with particular regard to users of Circular Road and High Street.
Appeal A: installation of pedestrian gateway; external alterations to west elevation. Appeal B: conversion of garage/store to form 2 dwellings including a single storey extension without compliance with conditions 4 and 6 of planning permission P/00246/04.
- Authority
- Isle of Wight
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Inspector
- R Cahalane
- Postcode
- PO34 5ET
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on highway safety, with particular regard to users of Circular Road and High Street
What decided it
The replacement of the existing substandard High Street access with the proposed Circular Road gate access provides a minor betterment to highway safety by reducing conflict between pedestrians and vehicles, outweighing the minor residual highway safety risk of the new access.
the minor betterment to highway safety from replacing the existing High Street access with the proposed Circular Road gate access outweighed the minor residual highway safety risk and minor conflict with Policy DM2
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DM2Policy DM17Policy TR7
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.
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