®Planning appeal decision
38 Baring Street, SOUTH SHIELDS, South Tyneside, NE33 2DR
change of use from Bed and Breakfast (Use class C1) to 10-bedroom HMO (Use class Sui Generis)
- Authority
- South Tyneside Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- English D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development is consistent with the requirements of the development plan in respect of the Council's approach to managing the provision of larger HMOs having particular regard to any cumulative impacts
- the effect of the development on European sites
What decided it
The long-term previous use of the property as a boarding house (permitted for 12 guests in 1990) and subsequent HMO use since 2007 meant the development would not generate materially greater activity than had existed historically, combined with the absence of substantive evidence linking the development to specific amenity harms or cumulative impacts.
Framework references: 111, 182
Plan policies cited: Policy DM4, Policy EA3
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