7 HMOs, 33 bedrooms at 27 Gloucester Road North, Filton

Objections from the town council and residents

The town council and local residents said the seven HMOs, with 33 bedrooms, would be overdevelopment, add to an already high concentration of HMOs, and strain on-street parking.

“The proposal for 33 bedrooms across seven separate HMOs represented overdevelopment, and the accumulative impact was of concern to the Town Council • The proposed development, due to the number of flats and bedrooms, would result in an overconcentration of HMOs in an area, which already has a high concentration of HMOs • The proposed development would result in a poor standard of residential amenity for future occupiers • Poor design • The proposal would create additional…”

“The proposal would create additional demand for on street parking resulting in highway safety issues • Bristol City Council is currently seeking to dispose of the nearby public car park upon which the development relies • The parking survey is out of date and does nor represent challenging parking situation in Braemar Crescent and Belmont Park • The area has problems with parking on double yellow lines, pavement parking and blocked drives • Emergency Services and Waste…”

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The agent's case for the scheme

The agent said the scheme would deliver needed housing on a derelict site, had sufficient on-street parking capacity, and would not cause harmful clustering of HMOs.

Ward councillors' concerns

The ward councillors supported development in principle but raised the level of local objection, residential amenity, HMO concentration and an out-of-date parking survey.

“Attention was drawn to the level of local objection • The proposed development would result in a poor standard of residential amenity for future occupiers • Neither the Council nor the developer has control over the identified nearby area of outdoor amenity space • The proposed development, due to the number of flats and bedrooms, would result in an overconcentration of HMOs in an area, which already has a high concentration of HMOs and questions were raised as to the…”

“An HMO Management Plan should be secured through condition • The parking survey is out of date and does not represent challenging parking situation in the area that suffers with parking on double yellow lines, pavement parking and blocked drives • Bristol City Council is currently seeking to dispose of the nearby public car park upon which the development relies • If Bristol City Council sells the car park, parking will be displaced onto local roads • Attention was…”

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First motion lost

A motion to grant permission, subject to conditions, was put to a vote and lost two in favour to six against.

“That planning permission be granted subject to the conditions set out within the report…”

“On being put to a vote, Councillor Bradbury’s motion, was LOST (2:6:0)”

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Reasons for refusal

Members moved refusal for overconcentration of HMOs, poor residential amenity from insufficient private amenity space, and a lack of off-street parking causing a highway safety impact.

“The proposed development would result in a poor standard of residential amenity for future occupiers due to insufficient private amenity space. This is contrary to Policies PSP8, PSP39 and PSP43 of the South Gloucestershire Local Plan: Policies, Sites and Places Plan (adopted November 2017) and the advice contained within the NPPF.”

“The proposed development would have no off-street parking in an area that cannot accommodate additional on-street parking, which would result in a highway safety impact. This is contrary to Policy PSP16 of the South Gloucestershire Local Plan: Policies, Sites and Places Plan (adopted November 2017) and the advice contained within the NPPF.”

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Decision

The committee resolved to refuse planning permission for the overconcentration of HMOs, insufficient residential amenity, and a lack of off-street parking.

“The proposed development, due to the number of flats and bedrooms, would result in an overconcentration of HMOs in an area, which already has a high concentration of HMOs. The building is partly located within a Census Output Area that has more than 10% HMOs. The proposed development would therefore lead to an unbalanced community due to the level of HMOs in the area.”

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