A Bath-based letting company is applying for planning permission to turn a family home in Whiteway into a house of multiple occupation (HMO).
The plan to turn 30 Rosewarn Close into a five-bedroom house HMO has been submitted to Bath & North East Somerset Council.
18-25 Properties Ltd was advised before submitting the application that in principle the proposed change would be acceptable, but another two such applications in the area could render it unacceptable as the council has strict rules restricting the number of conversions.
This is in order to protect neighbourhoods from being swamped by HMOs.
In this instance, based on council data, granting permission would result in nine of 96 residential properties within a 100-metre radius being HMOs, which is 9.4%.
This is very close to the 10% threshold – if 10 HMOs are approved in the area, that threshold would be exceeded and the proposal would be refused.
The planning reference is 24/01023/FUL and the deadline for comments is 17th April.
