Property to be turned into seven-person HMO

An application to turn a property into a seven-person House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) has been approved.

Peterborough City Council planners agreed the plans for the two-storey terraced house on Padholme Road, in Eastfield, on Monday.

The property was already used as a six-person HMO, with the previous application for nine persons being declined due to parking.

According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, a report by the authority's case officer stated: "The increase of one person above this fall back position is not considered to significantly increase the levels of noise and disturbance to neighbouring properties to an unacceptable degree."

The new application sought to change the use of the property into a bigger HMO, with an addition of a dormer and bin and bike storage facilities.

It also provided four off-street parking spaces to the rear of the property.

Local residents had told the Local Democracy Reporting Service that they had concerns over noise and that there were "too many" HMOs in the area.

HMOs are properties which are occupied by more than one household and usually involve shared facilities, including kitchens, bathrooms and living areas.

Each room in the property provides a small kitchenette, but planners decided these would not provide all the necessary facilities for independent living.

The authority classified the development as an HMO rather than self-contained individual flats.

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