®Planning appeal decision
21 Gillott Road, BIRMINGHAM, B16 0EU
a ‘Retrospective planning permission application for change of use from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to Large House in Multiple Occupation (Use Class Sui Generis). The house has been in use as an HMO since at least 2012, and documentation including Birmingham City Council HMO licensing documentation to that effect has been attached
- Authority
- Birmingham City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Smith H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the development on the City's stock of family sized housing
- whether the development represents an over-concentration of HMOs in the area
What decided it
The loss of a large family-sized dwelling (4+ bedrooms) for which there is identified need in the city's housing market assessment, combined with the development creating an over-concentration of HMOs exceeding the 10% policy threshold, with no demonstrated identified social need to justify the change of use.
Plan policies cited: Policy TP35, Policy TP30, Policy DM11, Policy TP27
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.