12 Monica Close, WATFORD, WD24 4GZ

Application for 7 bedrooms for 7 person HMO

Authority: Watford Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Sutton A

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the appeal property is suitable for the conversion to a large-scale house of multiple occupation, with particular regard to the character of the area and development plan policies which guide residential conversions in the borough
Whether the development provides satisfactory living conditions for occupants of the house of multiple occupation, with regards communal living areas and privacy

What decided it

The property's location within an area where HMOs comprised less than 10% of residential frontage, combined with appropriate amenity space, good transport access, and satisfactory living conditions for occupants, meant the development accorded with Policies HO3.9 and HO3.6 of the Local Plan.

Plan policies cited: Policy HO3.9, Policy HO3.6

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