®Planning appeal decision
61 Highfield Crescent, SOUTHAMPTON, SO17 1SG
roof alterations including installation of side dormer and roof lights to facilitate a loft conversion and change of use from 5-bed HMO (Class C4) to large 7-bed HMO (Sui Generis use)
- Authority
- Southampton City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Leonard S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the character of the area and the living conditions of neighbouring residents, with particular regard to the intensification in occupation and associated noise and disturbance impacts
What decided it
The proposed intensification of use to a large Sui Generis HMO with one or two additional residents would materially harm the character of the area and living conditions of neighbouring residents through increased noise and disturbance, contrary to local plan policies and the HMO SPD.
Framework references: 130
Plan policies cited: Saved Policy H4, Saved Policy SDP1, HMO SPD
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.