®Planning appeal decision
C/O 42 Melville Grove, High Heaton, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE7 7AR
Planning appeal 3370796 at C/O 42 Melville Grove, High Heaton, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE7 7AR (Newcastle Upon Tyne City Council) was dismissed on 21 November 2025 by Inspector Cowley R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on community cohesion and the living conditions of the occupiers of neighbouring properties, with particular regard to noise and disturbance.
Change of use from a single use class C3 dwellinghouse to a single large house in multiple occupation (sui generis HMO) with 7 unrelated occupants
- Authority
- Newcastle Upon Tyne City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Cowley R
- Postcode
- NE7 7AR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on community cohesion and the living conditions of the occupiers of neighbouring properties, with particular regard to noise and disturbance
- Whether the proposal would provide adequate living conditions for future occupiers, with particular regard to its internal layout
What decided it
The proposal would cause unacceptable harm to community cohesion and the living conditions of neighbouring residents through increased noise and disturbance in a family-oriented area, and would fail to provide adequate living conditions for future occupiers due to its internal layout.
The modest benefits of reusing an existing property and contributing to HMO supply were outweighed by the significant harm to community cohesion, neighbouring residential amenity through noise and disturbance, and inadequate living conditions for future occupiers.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SC1 of the Maintaining Sustainable Communities Supplementary Planning DocumentPolicy CS14 of the Planning for the Future Core Strategy and Urban Core Plan for Gateshead and Newcastle upon Tyne 2010-2030Policy DM23 of the Newcastle upon Tyne Development and Allocations Plan 2015-2030
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 124Paragraph 129Paragraph 125Paragraph 128
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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