Site address:                   67 Argyle Street, Oxford, OX4 1ST

Proposal:                        Change of use from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to House in Multiple Occupation (Use Class C4). Provision of bin and bike stores (Retrospective).

Reason at Committee:    The application is before the committee because it was called in by Councillors Pressel, Turner, Clarkson, Fry, Tanner, Kennedy, Tarver, Rowley and Munkonge.

Recommendation:

The West Area Planning Committee is recommended to:

1.              approve the application for the reasons given in the report and subject to the required planning conditions set out in section 12 of the report and grant planning permission.

2.              agree to delegate authority to the Head of Planning Services to:

·       finalise the recommended conditions as set out in the report including such refinements, amendments, additions and/or deletions as the Head of Planning Services considers reasonably necessary; and

·       issue the planning permission.

The Committee considered an application for planning permission for the change of use from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to House in Multiple Occupation (Use Class C4); and provision of bin and bike stores (Retrospective) at 67 Argyle Street, Oxford, OX4 1ST.

Thelma Martin (Iffley Fields Residents Association) spoke objecting to the application.

In reaching its decision, the Committee considered all the information put before it, noting that the HMO use would be subject to regulation and licensing and that noise and nuisance issues arising from the use of the building could be dealt with through building control and environmental health legislation.

On being proposed, seconded and put to the vote, the Committee agreed with the officer’s recommendation to approve the application.

The West Area Planning Committee resolved to:

1.       approve application 21/00079/FUL for the reasons given in the report and subject to the required planning conditions set out in section 12 of the report and grant planning permission.

2.       delegate authority to the Head of Planning Services to:

·       finalise the recommended conditions as set out in the report including such refinements, amendments, additions and/or deletions as the Head of Planning Services considers reasonably necessary; and

·       issue the planning permission.