®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed9 December 20243338710
2A Christianfields Avenue, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 5NF
a change of use from a 6 person HMO (Class C4) to a 12 person HMO (Sui Generis)
- Authority
- Gravesham Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Rafiq F
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of neighbouring residents, with regards to noise and disturbance
- whether the proposed development would provide satisfactory accommodation for its future occupants, with regard to noise and disturbance, daylight and sunlight
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
- the effect of the proposed development on highway safety, with particular regard to car parking
What decided it
The proposed increase in occupancy from 6 to 11 residents would result in harmful levels of noise and disturbance to neighbouring residential occupiers and would fail to provide satisfactory living conditions for future occupants.
Framework references: 135, 115, 12
Plan policies cited: Policy CS19, Policy CS14, Saved Policy H5, Saved Policy P3
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