Agenda item - BH2018/01937- 15 Osmond Gardens, Hove-Full Planning

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BH2018/01937- 15 Osmond Gardens, Hove-Full Planning

Change of Use from care home (C2) to 8no bedroom large house in multiple occupation. (Sui generis)

RECOMMENDATION – GRANT

Ward Affected: Goldsmid

Minutes:

              Change of use from care home (C2) to 8no bedroom large house in multiple occupation (Sui generis)

 

              Officer Presentation

 

(1)          The Principal Planning Officer, Liz Arnold, introduced the application and gave a detailed presentation by reference to site plans, floor plans, photographs and elevational drawings. It was explained that the application site comprised a pair of three storey (including a room in a conjoined gabled front roof elevation), semi-detached properties, on the east side of Osmond Gardens and sought to convert a former care home into a Sui Generis HMO with 8 bedrooms.

 

(2)       It was noted that the main considerations in determining the application related to the loss of the care home (C2) and whether allowing the use of the property as a large 8 bed HMO (sui generis) would be acceptable in the context of the policy requirement to prioritise meeting identified local need. The impact of the HMO in the area and the impact on amenity and transport are also considerations. The standard of accommodation and development were no longer acceptable for use as a care home due to issues with accessibility and functionality, no alternative uses to meet specific needs relevant to C2 had been identified and the proposed use was considered acceptable although use of the existing roof terrace could not be supported as it would be detrimental to neighbouring amenity, it had therefore been agreed to secure and fix the door connecting to the balcony shut and to retain as such thereafter and approval was therefore recommended.

 

              Debate and Decision Making Process

 

(3)          Councillor O’Quinn stated that although not germane to this application specifically, she was concerned as a wider issue that there appeared to be a number of unlicensed HMO’s in that area of the city and she was of the view that needed to be addressed. Conditions which would prevent the roof terrace from being used and to limit the number of residents and removal of permitted development rights were welcomed. As details had not been provided in relation to storage and waste recycling she asked if that could be made a condition of grant and that was agreed.

 

(4)          Councillor Page referred to the loss of the care home and asked whether consideration had been given to use of the site to provide additional/supported units for people with special needs. It was confirmed that the building would not be suitable for such use due to lack of accessibility and other deficiencies.

 

(5)          Members then moved directly to the vote. A vote was taken and the 9 Members who were present when the vote was taken voted unanimously that planning permission be granted.

 

112.14  RESOLVED – That the Committee has taken into consideration and agrees with the reasons for the recommendation set out below and resolves to GRANT planning permission subject to the Conditions and Informatives set out in the report to the additional condition set out the Late/Additional Representations List and to the further additional condition set out below:

 

              Additional Condition:

              The development hereby permitted shall not be occupied until a scheme for the storage of refuse and recycling has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme shall be carried out and provided in full in accordance with the approved details prior to first occupation of the development and the refuse and recycling storage facilities shall thereafter be retained for use at all times.

              Reason: to ensure the provision of satisfactory facilities for the storage of refuse and to comply with policy QD27 of the Brighton and Hove Local Plan, policy CP8 of the Brighton and Hove City Plan Part One and Policy WMP3e of the East Sussex,  South Downs and Brighton & Hove Waste and Minerals Local Plan Waste and Minerals Plan.

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