®Planning appeal decision
33 Tottenham Road, Portsmouth, Portsmouth, PO1 1QL
‘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
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.
Framework references: 11, 129, 135
Plan policies cited: Policy PCS20, Policy PCS23, Houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) – Ensuring mixed and balanced communities Supplementary Planning Document 2019
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.