Land At 36 Trafalgar Road Adjacent To 27 West Street And Malcolm Dyer Court With Access From Portland Street Newport Isle Of Wight PO30

1. 1.The proposed development, would result in small dwellings with limited windows and due to the proximity of adjacent boundary treatments and curtilage buildings, would lack adequate outlook, natural ventilation, access to light and privacy, as well as a lack of suitable on-site outdoor amenity space. The proposal would therefore result in unacceptable residential amenity and substandard and oppressive living conditions for the residents of these units, which would be contrary to good design principles as laid out within Policy DM2 (Design Quality for New Development) of the Island Plan Core Strategy and the NPPF.
2. 2.The proposed footpath adjacent to the ground floor window of No.27 West Street, would result in the loss of privacy and security issues for the residents, which could not be suitably mitigated by boundary treatments, which would cause a loss of light and would be contrary to Policy DM2 (Design Quality for New Development) of the Island Plan Core Strategy and the NPPF.
3. 3.The proposed northern access point from Portland Street to access 7 parking spaces, would result in additional congestion, standing vehicles, noise and pollution to the detriment of the existing residents. This would be contrary to Policy DM2 (Design Quality for New Development) of the Island Plan Core Strategy and the NPPF.
4. 4.Insufficient information has been provided to demonstrate that the development would not have an adverse impact on biodiversity, habitats, protected species and ecological features of interest. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policies SP5 (Environment) and DM12 (Landscape, Seascape, Biodiversity and Geodiversity) of the Island Plan Core Strategy and the NPPF.
5. 5.The Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) details and metric submitted with the application is insufficient in terms of a deliverable and feasible plan for on-site gains, likely to result in a failure to achieve the minimum 10% BNG. Therefore, insufficient information has been provided to demonstrate that the required minimum 10% BNG can be achieved. The proposal therefore does not comply with the requirements of Policy DM12 (Landscape, Seascape, Biodiversity and Geodiversity) of the Island Plan Core Strategy and the NPPF.
6. 6.The proposal is insufficient in terms of information on drainage and surface water run-off solutions and therefore would not meet with the requirements of Policies SP5 (Environment), DM2 (Design Quality for New Development), DM12 (Landscape, Seascape, Biodiversity and Geodiversity) and DM14 (Flood Risk) of the Island Plan Core Strategy, the Council's Sustainable Drainage Supplementary Planning Document and the NPPF.
7. 7.The submitted layout would mean that parking for another adjacent approved development could not be delivered as the imposed conditions could not be complied with. Island Roads were therefore unable to fully assess highways implications and the proposal would be contrary to Policies SP7 (Travel), DM2 (Design Quality for New Development), DM17 (Sustainable Travel) of the Island Plan Core Strategy and NPPF.
8. 8.The application site is located within the Solent Special Protection Area (SPA) buffer zone and the proposal has the potential to result in increased recreational disturbance to the interest features of the Solent SPA alone and in combination with other development projects. To mitigate for these potential impacts to the Solent SPA, the applicant is required to enter into a planning obligation under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) to secure a contribution from the development towards the Solent Recreation Mitigation Strategy. In the absence of a completed legal agreement, or any other proposed measures to mitigate for these potential impacts, it is considered that the proposal would be contrary to the aims of Policy DM12 (Landscape, Seascape, Biodiversity and Geodiversity) of the Island Plan Core Strategy and the NPPF.
9. 9.The proposal would fail to provide a financial contribution towards affordable housing on the Island. In the absence of a completed legal agreement, it is considered that the proposal would be contrary to the aims of Policy DM4 (Locally Affordable Housing) of the Island Plan Core Strategy and the NPPF.

From the council's decision notice.

Postcode

PO30 1QG

Application type

Full Planning Permission

Scale / size

Small

Parish

Newport & Carisbrooke Community Council

Date validated

5 January 2026

Agent

Solent Design Ltd

Architect profile

SOLENT DESIGN LTD

Agent address

5 The Old Railway Gosport PO12 1FQ

Planning Portal ID

PP-14330848

Documents

45

Constraints

9