A FORMER dementia care home in Portsmouth was approved to be converted into a big house of multiple occupation with 12 bedrooms. All the bedrooms will be with ensuite bathrooms – as well as a kitchen and dining area and laundry room.
And as it happens quite often, the application came with the objections from nearby residents who had fears it would affect on-street parking.
But the councillor Terry Norton voiced those fears: ‘So there are 12 bedrooms with potentially 24 cars and only one parking space.
‘How would they decide who got that space?’
However, Cllr Donna Jones said: ‘We are always worried about parking but I’m sure as a care home it gathered more cars with the patients, relatives, doctors and nurses coming and going.’
Robert Tutton, who was speaking on behalf of the applicant at the meeting, said: ‘It is right on the route of a regular bus service. It’s a very sustainable location.
‘Transport planning is satisfied that an HMO would not have a material impact on parking.’
Councillors agreed they would likely lose if they refused the application and as a result, 4 voted in favour of the application and 3 against.
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