A recent appeal case involving a hotel demolition documents one planning inspector’s thinking around the application of England’s Localism Bill and the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).
The inspector concluded (paras 177-8) that
‘… I have carefully considered all matters before me against the relevant policy provisions and particularly bearing in mind the presumption in favour of sustainable development… The heritage and community detriment of losing the [Hotel] would be substantial. The benefit of the proposed housing scheme would be modest. In my judgement the advantages of the proposed scheme do not sufficiently outweigh the harm that would be caused by losing the [heritage asset].’
See the appeal report at: LINK
