HMO

Appeals round-up: ‘Transfer of permission’ for worker’s home at educational farm refused; ‘Pressing need’ justifies 140-home plan in rural Cambridgeshire

10.07.2017

A round-up of appeal decisions: 3 July-7 July, 2017

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Appeal: Two more bedrooms for 16-bed HMO would harm living conditions

03.07.2017

Demographics & Population Growth | HMO | Housing | student | West Midlands

An inspector has refused permission for a basement conversion in Leamington Spa that would add two more bedrooms to a 16-bed HMO, ruling that the ‘oppressive outlook’ from the new bedrooms would...

Appeal: Council's fear of ‘student threat’ not substantiated by figures

30.05.2017

An inspector has allowed an HMO conversion in Nottingham, ruling that the council's fear of the ‘threat’ posed by high levels of student HMOs was unsubstantiated, citing local figures that...

Appeals round-up: Location ‘not automatically impractical’ after landslide that cut off utilities; Permanent toilet block for charity events ‘inappropriate’

29.05.2017

A round-up of appeal decisions: 22 May-26 May, 2017

Appeal: No material harm from increasing number of HMO residents

26.05.2017

Cymru | Demographics & Population Growth | HMO | Housing

An inspector has allowed plans to increase a Cardiff HMO’s number of permitted occupants to eight, ruling that an extra two residents would not cause material harm to the area.

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Appeal: Condition to limit HMO occupants would be ‘unenforceable’

26.05.2017

HMO | Housing | noise impact | Planning Law | South East

An inspector has rejected a change of use to a seven-bedroom HMO in Kent, deciding that with no effective mechanism available to restrict the number of occupants in HMOs with more than six bedrooms, the...

Appeal: No evidence that HMOs caused ‘proliferation of lettings boards’

15.05.2017

Cymru | Demographics & Population Growth | HMO | Housing

An inspector has allowed plans for a change of use to HMO in Pontypridd, after rejecting the local authority's ruling that HMOs are the main cause of ‘a proliferation of lettings boards’ and...

Appeal: ‘No empirical evidence’ that HMO would harm social cohesion

04.05.2017

Cymru | Demographics & Population Growth | HMO | Housing

Permission has been granted to convert a four-bedroom home into a house in multiple occupation (HMO) in Pontypridd, after an inspector decided that there was no empirical evidence to support local...

Appeal: ‘Police enforcement’ can address HMO antisocial behaviour

26.04.2017

An inspector has granted permission for a change of use for an HMO in Swansea despite a high concentration of shared housing in the area, ruling that antisocial behaviour could be managed by ‘police...

Appeal: Just one extra housemate could harm Dorset Heathlands

19.04.2017

An inspector has blocked plans to convert a room in a six-bed House of Multiple Occupation (HMO) into a seventh bedroom, after ruling that even one additional resident could harm the nearby Bourne Valley...

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