16 Midland Road, LEEDS, LS6 1BQ

a change of use from residential (C3) to house in multiple occupation (C4)

Authority: Leeds City Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Hitchcock R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the effect of the development on the mix of housing types in the locality in the interests of achieving balanced communities
the living conditions of nearby residents

What decided it

The proposal would conflict with the development plan's strategic aim of managing HMO concentrations and retaining family housing in areas of high student accommodation, and would reduce living conditions for neighbouring residents through increased noise and disturbance.

Plan policies cited: Policy H6 of the Leeds City Council Local Plan Core Strategy (as amended by the Core Strategy Selective Review 2019), saved Policy GP5 of the Leeds Unitary Development Plan (Review 2006) Volume 1: Written Statement, Policy P10 of the Leeds City Council Local Plan Core Strategy

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