®Planning appeal decision
1 Oakland Road, Jesmond, Newcastle, NE2 3DR
described as, ‘change of use from Class C4 (6 bed HMO) to Sui Generis (7 bed HMO) Requires no external changes, only addition of stud wall and door
- Authority
- Newcastle Upon Tyne City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Teasdale N
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on the supply of family housing in the area
- The effect of the proposed development on the character of the area having regard to the level of concentration of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO)
- Whether the proposed development would provide satisfactory living conditions for future occupiers in relation to internal and external space
- The effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of existing occupiers in relation to internal and external space and the effect on existing neighbouring occupiers in relation to noise and disturbance
- Whether the proposed development would provide safe, secure, and usable cycle parking and refuse storage to meet the operational needs of the proposed development
What decided it
The property was already removed from the family housing market through its established use as a 6-bed HMO, so the proposed change to a 7-bed Sui Generis HMO would not result in an unacceptable loss of family housing or create an imbalanced concentration of HMOs on Oakland Road.
Plan policies cited: Policy CS9, Policy SC1, Policy CS11, Policy CS14, Policy DM23, Policy DM12, Policy DM34
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.