®Planning appeal decision
4 St Dominics Road, Birmingham, B24 8LN
change of use from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) (Use Class Sui generis)
- Authority
- Birmingham City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Garrard M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the development on the supply of family housing
- the effect of the development on living conditions for occupiers of the development, having regard to the provision of external amenity space
- the effect of the development on the living conditions of occupiers of neighbouring residential properties and the character of the area, having particular regard to noise and disturbance
- the effect of the development on highway safety with regard to parking
- the effect of the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) and human rights with regard to the personal circumstances of the occupiers
What decided it
The cumulative effect of unjustified loss of family housing, inadequate external amenity space, adverse impacts on neighbouring amenity through noise and disturbance, and unacceptable highway safety impacts regarding parking outweighed the benefits of providing temporary specialist accommodation.
Plan policies cited: Policy DM12, Policy DM10, Policy TP30, Policy TP35, Policy DM11, Policy PG3, Policy DM2, Policy TP44, Policy DM14, Policy DM15
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.