Semi-detached house proposed for conversion to six-bedroom shared house with roof extensions

How to comment

The comment period closed on 17 August. The council may still accept a comment before its decision.

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Summary

The owner wants to turn a semi-detached house on Ledway Drive into a shared house for six people. A dormer would be added to the back of the roof. The sloped roof on one side would also be reshaped. A new rooflight would be fitted too.

The property is a 1930s semi-detached home with 150 square metres of floor space. A house next door is just five metres away to the north-east. More homes are about sixteen metres to the west. JFS School and Sinai Jewish Primary School are a few minutes' walk away.

Shared houses can change the feel of a street. Six people in one home could mean more cars, more noise, and more coming and going than a single family would create.

What the council wrote

Proposed conversion of single family dwelling (use class C3) into a 6-bedroom, 6-person HMO (use class sui generis), with associated rear dormer extension, hip-to-gable roof extension, installation of a rooflight, alterations to the existing rear roof, and provision of cycle and refuse storage (Revised Description)

What you can do

You can comment on this application. Use reference 26/1590 on the council's planning website. The council can look at parking, noise, and how the building looks. They cannot take personal reasons into account.