®Planning appeal decision
25 Northville Road, BRISTOL, BS7 0RQ
change of use from dwelling (C3) to a house in multiple occupation (HMO) for up to 7 person (sui generis)
- Authority
- South Gloucestershire Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Jones RE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed parking arrangement on local highway safety
- the effect of the proposed development on the character of the area, with particular regard to local amenity, the mix of housing and the need for a balanced community
What decided it
The availability of on-street parking within walking distance of the site, combined with the absence of evidence that the proposal would materially harm highway safety or create an unacceptable concentration of HMOs, allowed the appeal.
The benefits of allowing the change of use to an HMO outweighed the concerns about parking pressure and housing mix, as the parking could be acceptably accommodated and the concentration of HMOs in the street remained within acceptable limits with no policy guidance identifying an unacceptable threshold.
Plan policies cited: Policy PSP16, Policy PSP39, Policy CS8, Policy CS17
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