EASTBOURNE BOROUGH COUNCIL

 

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Conversion of empty care home to house approved at appeal by Planning Inspectorate May 2023

 

 

SUSSEX WORLD 18 MAY 2023 - CONVERSION OF EMPTY EASTBOURNE CARE HOME INTO HOUSE APPROVED AT APPEAL BY PLANNING INSPECTORATE

Plans to convert a former Eastbourne care home into a house have been approved at appeal.

In a decision notice published on Monday (May 15), a planning inspector has given the green light to convert Keller House, a vacant former care home in Carew Road, into a family home.

The inspector’s decision overturns Eastbourne Borough Council’s refusal of the conversion last year.

Planning officers had refused the conversion on the grounds that it would harm the character and appearance of the area, not make sufficient use of the site or provide enough livable space for future residents.

The inspector took a different view, however, concluding that the building being left empty (as it closed its doors in 2016) meant the harm to character of the area should have been weighed differently. They also said an alternative development, such as a flats conversion, would be likely to cause more harm than what was proposed.

In their decision notice, the inspector said: “As the building has been unoccupied for over five years, the building fabric is decaying. Without an active use the building’s condition will continue to decline.

“However, most of the character and appearance of the original dwelling has endured, and the proposed change in the use of the building back to a dwelling would sustain its positive contribution to the sense of place.”

They added: “The proposal would provide a good sized family home and garden within the reasonably accessible Upperton neighbourhood. The appellant is willing to invest in the deteriorating building now, and there are no other proposals for the building and/or its site before me.”

 

[Odd, that any council would object to a simple change of use. We wonder what possible motive, possibly another agenda, they may have had for acting so obstructively?]

 

 

 

 

 

CAROLINE ANSELL, MP FOR EASTBOURNE IN 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EASTBOURNE & LEWES COUNCILS

 

 

DISTRICT & BOROUGH COUNCILS

 

East Sussex has five District and Borough Councils, each with a border on the coast. From west to east they are: 

 

Eastbourne Borough Council

Hastings Borough Council

Lewes District Council 

Rother District Council 

Wealden District Council

 

There is also East Sussex County Council as the provider of services to the 5 East Sussex districts. Eastbourne declared a Climate Emergency in July of 2019.

 

 

 

 

Stephen Lloyd

 

 

STEPHEN LLOYD, MP FOR EASTBOURNE IN 2018

 

 

 

As near neighbours and with councils now sharing facilities and working together, these area of Sussex are included in our remit and an area where climate change and affordable housing are issues that need urgent attention. Where the coastline is a feature in every Council, Blue Growth is a food security issue, especially where this side of of our local economy is under-exploited.

 

Eastbourne Borough Council
Town Hall
Eastbourne BN21 4UG
Tel: 01323 410000
Fax: 01323 430745
E-mail: enquiries@eastbourne.gov.uk

 

East Sussex County Council

County Hall

St Anne's Crescent

Lewes BN7 1UE
Tel: 0345 6080190
Fax: 01273 481261 

 

Hastings Borough Council
Town Hall
Queen's Road
Hastings TN34 1QR
Tel: 01424 781066
Fax: 01424 787879
Minicom: (01424) 781755
E-mail: hbc@hastings.gov.uk

 

Lewes District Council
Lewes House
32 High Street
Lewes BN7 2LX
Tel: 01273 471600
Fax: 01273 479011
Minicom: (01273) 487153
E-mail: admin@lewes.gov.uk

 

Rother District Council
The Town Hall
Bexhill-on-Sea TN39 3JX
Tel: 01424 787878
Fax: 01424 787879
E-mail: chiefexec@rother.gov.uk

 

Wealden District Council
Pine Grove
Crowborough TN6 1DH
Tel: 01892 653311
Fax: 01892 602222
E-mail: info@wealden.gov.uk

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL WARMING - The Sun provides us with an infinite supply of energy upon which all life on earth depends. Our blue planet has experienced many climate changes in its history, including the ice age when amazing creatures such a the Dinosaurs and Mammoths suffered extinction. Man is artificially warming the planet by burning fossil fuels in some kind of economic arms race that cannot be sustained and must be brought under control if we are not to extinguish the lives of many more species such as the Polar Bears in the Arctic.

 

 

 

  

 

LINKS

 

https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/politics/conversion-of-empty-eastbourne-care-home-into-house-approved-at-appeal-by-planning-inspector-4147212

https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/politics/conversion-of-empty-eastbourne-care-home-into-house-approved-at-appeal-by-planning-inspector-4147212

https://twitter.com/EastbourneBC

http://www.lewes-eastbourne.gov.uk/

https://www.lgbce.org.uk/

 

 

 

 

Eastbourne pier is a listed building owned by Sheikh Abid Gulzar

 

https://twitter.com/EastbourneBC  pier before the fire destroyed blue room

 

 

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