{"id":619452,"date":"2025-12-08T06:01:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T06:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/619452\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T06:01:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T06:01:13","slug":"rare-plans-could-see-hmo-turned-back-into-family-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/619452\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare plans could see HMO turned back into family home"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n The three-storey, detached Victorian house<\/a> on Glebelands Road was turned into a 10-bed HMO after plans were approved in 2018.\n<\/p>\n

\n However, new plans are asking the authority to reverse the conversion and bring the home back into use for families.\n<\/p>\n

\n Planning papers say the application would turn bedrooms back into family rooms, including living areas, by removing partition walls.\n<\/p>\n

\n The applicants say en-suite bedrooms installed across the house would also be removed as they look to return the property<\/a> to its “primary function”.\n<\/p>\n

\n The application said: “The property is well suited to the proposed new use as a house in terms of both scale and building layout – it was originally designed as a large family house.\n<\/p>\n

\n “It seems appropriate to return it to its primary function. All that’s required is the removal of some internal non-structural partitions in order to make some rooms larger.\n<\/p>\n

\n “Mainly the removal of en-suites that were added to the HMO rooms.\n<\/p>\n

\n “The proposal is to return to the historic Victorian large detached family house with six bedrooms and five bathrooms, a large family kitchen-dining area and utility room, and two living rooms,\n<\/p>\n

\n “The three bedrooms on the first floor will all have their own en-suites, the three smaller rooms on the second floor will have a shared bathroom on the same level.\n<\/p>\n

\n “There are various storage rooms positioned around the house and a basement that will be also be used for storage.\n<\/p>\n

\n “At present, there is a car park at the rear that is accessed from a side road fed from Glebelands Road.\n<\/p>\n

\n “Our proposal is to maintain this arrangement as existing – access to the car park for the apartments on the corner will be maintained unchanged.”\n<\/p>\n

\n It comes as the council looks to bring in stricter restrictions on applications for new HMO shared housing applications.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n A consultation will be launched this month on restrictions limiting the amount of HMOs within a 100-metre radius, and banning HMOs either sandwiching family homes<\/a> or existing as a row of three on the same street.\n<\/p>\n

\n The authority may also introduce an Article 4 directive, which would remove permitted development rights and mean even small HMO applications would require full planning permission to be converted.\n<\/p>\n

\n The council said this week these are “necessary measures” amid growing concerns about the number of new HMO plans.\n<\/p>\n

\n However, the reversal of the HMO conversion marks the first time in several months that the authority will debate plans to turn a shared housing property back into family housing.\n<\/p>\n

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