®Planning appeal decision
33 Tottenham Road, Portsmouth, Portsmouth, PO1 1QL
Planning appeal 3357512 at 33 Tottenham Road, Portsmouth, Portsmouth, PO1 1QL (Portsmouth City Council) was dismissed on 11 April 2025 by Inspector Rose C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the development on the mix and balance of housing in the area.
‘Residential property in a residential street to be used as a HMO for 4 students. C4 application.’
- Authority
- Portsmouth City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Rose C
- Postcode
- PO1 1QL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the development on the mix and balance of housing in the area
- whether the development provides adequate living conditions, with particular regard to internal communal space
What decided it
The development would breach the 10% HMO threshold in the 50m radius, creating an imbalance in the housing mix and harming the supply of family accommodation in a densely built terraced area, contrary to Policy PCS20 and the SPD.
Even under the tilted balance of paragraph 11(d)(ii) of the Framework, the adverse impacts of granting permission (harm to mixed and balanced communities) would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits (housing supply and local spend) when assessed against the policies in the Framework taken as a whole.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy PCS20Policy PCS23Houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) – Ensuring mixed and balanced communities Supplementary Planning Document 2019
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 129Paragraph 135
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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