'Detrimental effect': Council planners REJECT controversial plans for another HMO
CONTROVERSIAL plans to convert a four-bedroom Bournemouth house into a house of multiple occupation (HMO) for ten people have been refused.
Residents were left angry when plans were tabled to convert the house, in Richmond Park Road, Queen’s Park – with more than two dozen writing formal letters of objection to the council.
People living close by said housing more than 10 people in one house would add to the issues with parking in Queen’s Park.
Planners at BCP Council agreed and rejected the proposal, adding the development would have a “detrimental effect upon neighbouring amenity”.
Richmond Park Road (Image: Google Maps)
They said: “It is considered that there would be a significant over-intensive use of the site and this would have a detrimental effect upon neighbouring amenity and future residents of the house.
“The accommodation provision advantages of the scheme would therefore be outweighed by these disbenefits.
“The proposal would also have an adverse impact on the living conditions of the occupiers of neighbouring properties and upon the living arrangements of future residents in terms of the layout, and resultant noise and disturbance from the increased levels of activity.”
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The planner added: “The provision of a car parking space, combined with the required bin and cycle storage facilities, would leave insufficient usable amenity space to cater for the day-to-day needs of the future occupiers, and would not provide satisfactory living conditions for the number of residents proposed/potentially taking up residence.”
As reported, neighbours blasted the HMO proposal, lodging objections to the council.
Janise said: “There are problems locally with parking in the roads surrounding Richmond Park Road, this development would add significantly to this problem.
“Emergency vehicles, dust carts and delivery vans already struggle to safely access some of the roads due to the sheer number of parked cars.
Chris agreed with this, adding: “There is currently not enough parking in the Queen's Park area for the present number of cars.
“This conversion will add another 10 vehicles to an area that already struggles to cope.”
Another resident, Jessica, said it was “clear” there is a housing shortage in Bournemouth, but the shortage is for medium-sized families as opposed to communal living.
