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Search the Public Notice PortalDudley Council has thrown out an application for a house in multiple occupation (HMO) dedicated to a disabled resident.
Planners had been asked to consider construction of a detached building to the rear of an existing four-bedroom HMO in Tansey Green Road, Pensnett.
The existing house is a semi-detached dwelling which has been extended with parking for two vehicles.
A report from council officers on the application said: “The proposed unit would measure 46 square metres and would provide a bedroom, shower room and lounge area; it has been noted that ‘tea making facilities’ have been indicated within the lounge area with the intention of reliance on the main dwelling for kitchen facilities.”
The report goes on to say the disabled occupier of the new unit would have to move 15 metres up a sloped uneven garden and through a large wooden cycle shed to access the kitchen in the main house.
The application attracted six letters of objection raising concerns about the disabled access to the kitchen as well as access for emergency vehicles and refuse collection vehicles to the rear of the site via a track behind the property.
A letter of objection from a Tansey Green Road resident said: “The proposal, as presented, is fundamentally flawed and fails to demonstrate that the accommodation would provide safe, practical or genuinely accessible living facilities for a wheelchair user or other disabled occupant.
“The application raises significant concerns regarding accessibility, safety, emergency access, servicing and compliance with the principles of inclusive design.”
Planners concluded: “The proposed detached unit, by reason of its siting, scale, separate access arrangements and the unreasonable reliance on shared kitchen facilities for a disabled occupier, would not function as an additional HMO bedroom but would instead constitute the creation of a separate planning unit.
“The resulting unit would form an incongruous and inappropriate form of backland development.”
Planners also found insufficient information had been provided about how a disabled occupant would access the main kitchen and also there would be a loss of privacy for HMO residents and neighbours.
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