Issue - meetings

Refurbishment and change of use from shop (Class A1) with ancillary residential accommodation above to shop (Class A1) with separate House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) on upper floors together with the erection of a part single storey, part two storey rear extension, enlargement of rear dormer extension, installation of two roof lights, and external alterations.

16.1  The Planning Officer introduced the report as set out in the report and clarified the guidance for bathroom ratio in HMOs.  It was confirmed that the number of bathrooms per bedrooms being proposed satisfied the standards set out in the guidance.

16.2  Barney Crocker spoke in objection of the scheme, his comments are summarised as follows:

§  There was a discrepancy of between 1-2m with three of the rooms.

§  Room 5 – the measurements had been taken for the entire room and the sloping roof had not been taken into consideration.

§  The staircase from the second to the top floor of the property was below the existing sloping roof.

16.3  Patrick Oetiker, agent and Michael O’Sullivan, applicant, stated that they believed the room sizes were accurate and the room in question complied as a one bedroom unit.

16.4  The Planning Officer stated that the number of units provided was based on the assessment of the plans and that this issue would also be picked up when the licensing of the HMO was undertaken.

RESOLVED that:

SCB1 – Commencement within three years

SCB0 – Development in accordance with plans

M1 – Materials to Match Existing

REASONS FOR APPROVAL

The following policies are relevant to the approved development/use and were considered by this Council in reaching the decision to grant planning permission: EQ1 (Development Requirements), HO14 (Houses in Multiple Occupation), HO12 (Conversions), HO3 (Other Sites for Housing), HO6 (Residential Use of Upper Floors Above Shop Units) of the Hackney Unitary Development Plan; and policy 4B.1 (Design Principles for a Compact City) of the London Plan 2004.

INFORMATIVES

  The following Informatives should be added:

SI.1   Building Control

  SI.3   Sanitary, Ventilation and Drainage Arrangements

    SI.7   Hours of Building Works

  SI.24   Naming and Numbering

   SI.25   Disabled Person’s Provisions

   SI.27   Fire Precautions Act 1971

SI.28   Refuse Storage and Disposal Arrangements