®Planning appeal decision
41 Bow Street, Middlesbrough, TS1 4BU
Planning appeal 6001601 at 41 Bow Street, Middlesbrough, TS1 4BU (Middlesbrough Council *) was dismissed on 10 April 2026 by Inspector Cowley R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development would provide adequate living conditions for future occupiers, with particular regard to internal and external space provision.
change of use from vacant dwellinghouse to HMO (Use Class C4)
- Authority
- Middlesbrough Council *
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Cowley R
- Postcode
- TS1 4BU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development would provide adequate living conditions for future occupiers, with particular regard to internal and external space provision
What decided it
The rear bedrooms at 5m² each fall substantially below the Nationally Described Space Standards and, combined with inadequate communal living space and restricted outdoor amenity, fail to provide adequate living conditions for future occupiers in breach of development plan policy.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DC1 of the Middlesbrough Local Development Framework Core Strategy Adopted February 2008Policy HO8 of the Middlesbrough Publication Local Plan March 2025Policy HO9 of the Middlesbrough Publication Local Plan March 2025Council's Interim Policy on the Conversion and Sub-Division of Buildings for Residential Uses
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 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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