®Planning appeal decision
Notice upheld6 December 20243342398
205 Umberslade Road, Selly Oak, BIRMINGHAM, B29 7SG
Without planning permission, the unauthorised change of use to a large HMO with 9 bedrooms (Sui Generis) currently being used to provide supported accommodation
- Authority
- Birmingham City Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hanson S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the matters comprising the alleged breach of planning control have occurred as a matter of fact (ground b)
- Whether the matters alleged do not constitute a breach of planning control (ground c)
- Whether the steps required by the notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach (ground f)
What decided it
The material change of use from a modest 2-bedroom family home to a large HMO accommodating 9 individual adult residents, which significantly increases the intensity of use and potential for noise and disturbance to neighbours, constitutes a breach of planning control requiring express planning permission that was never granted.
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.