65A Richmond Wood Road, Bournemouth (8-person HMO)

6007836·Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole·29 Sept 2026dismissed·P/25/03589/FUL

Tier label used

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The tier sentence ¶23

“accessible to local services and facilities”

Summary

Conversion of a Bournemouth semi to an eight-person HMO was dismissed. Two ground-floor bedrooms would look out at a fence and a neighbouring gable less than 1.5 m away, and the extra comings and goings along corridors against the party wall would disturb the attached neighbour. Character, parking and cycle storage were acceptable. Under S4 the P3 living-conditions harm substantially outweighed the modest benefits; the unsigned heathland mitigation agreement was a further problem.

Why this is cited

This decision was picked up by the search on the words above, which refer to services, not to a settlement tier. generic.

Sources

Decision on the Planning Inspectorate appeals service · full decision note · letter pins-corpus/6007836.txt

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