®Planning appeal decision
35A Piccadilly, Nottingham, Nottingham City, NG6 9FG
Planning appeal 3364262 at 35A Piccadilly, Nottingham, Nottingham City, NG6 9FG (Nottingham City Council) was dismissed on 30 July 2025 by Inspector Couper C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the scheme would result in the loss of a dwellinghouse suitable for family occupation, and its effect on the creation and maintenance of balanced communities.
Change of use from a 4 bedroom C3 (dwelling) to a 5 bedroom C4 (House of multiple occupancy)
- Authority
- Nottingham City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Couper C
- Postcode
- NG6 9FG
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the scheme would result in the loss of a dwellinghouse suitable for family occupation, and its effect on the creation and maintenance of balanced communities
- The effect of the proposal on neighbouring occupiers' living conditions, with particular regard to noise and disturbance
What decided it
The scheme conflicts with the development plan's presumption against loss of family housing and the identified need for family accommodation in Nottingham, as the appellant failed to robustly demonstrate the property is unsuitable for family occupation or provide convincing evidence of a local need for HMOs sufficient to outweigh this presumption.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 8 of the Aligned Core Strategies Part 1 Local Plan (2014)Policy HO6 of the Nottingham Land and Planning Policies Local Plan Part 2 (2020)Policy HO1 of the Nottingham Land and Planning Policies Local Plan Part 2 (2020)Policy HO2 of the Nottingham Land and Planning Policies Local Plan Part 2 (2020)Policy 10 of the Aligned Core Strategies Part 1 Local Plan (2014)Policy DE1 of the Nottingham Land and Planning Policies Local Plan Part 2 (2020)Policy IN2 of the Nottingham Land and Planning Policies Local Plan Part 2 (2020)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 61Paragraph 63
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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