®Planning appeal decision
41 Bow Street, Middlesbrough, TS1 4BU
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
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.
Framework references: 135
Plan policies cited: Policy DC1 of the Middlesbrough Local Development Framework Core Strategy Adopted February 2008, Policy HO8 of the Middlesbrough Publication Local Plan March 2025, Policy HO9 of the Middlesbrough Publication Local Plan March 2025, Council's Interim Policy on the Conversion and Sub-Division of Buildings for Residential Uses
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.