Great Yarmouth Borough Council

No.	Condition Text
1.	The application site lies within Flood Zones 2 and 3 where a site-specific flood risk assessment (FRA) should be provided for all development. A flood risk assessment has not been submitted alongside this application. There are 2 no. of bedroom's located at ground floor level. As an HMO these bedroom's will be two of the occupants sole living space, and will contain all their belongings. This contrasts to the previous use of a dwelling house, as conventionally, sleeping accommodation would have been mostly confined to the first floor or above. No FRA has been submitted to consider flood risk for both habitable accommodation as well as sleeping accommodation on the ground floor as well as other matters including flood resistance and resilience measures, together with the identification of a safe refuge above the flood level and the provision of a flood warning and emergency response plan. Therefore the proposal is not considered to comply with the NPPF or Policy CS13 due to the effect of the proposal on flood risk.
2.	Although Dwg No. 1912_1 Rev D demonstrates that the bedrooms exceed the minimum room sizes for single occupancy (6.5sqm) outlined in the Nationally Described Size Standards and Local Plan Part 2 Policy H12, the communal areas are small and cramped i.e. kitchen/diner space for 6 people, and Policy A1, which builds upon paragraph 135 (f) pf the National Planning Policy Framework, requires development to have a high standard of amenity for existing and future users. It is considered that the internal communal space is limited to an extent that is unacceptable. Additionally the application site only has a small rear yard area, which is proposed to contain the bin storage. Whilst on the one hand this is positive as it removes the bin storage from the front of the property, where it would have been highly visible from the street scene, it does also introduce another issue. The location of the bin storage in the rear yard creates an unattractive and poor quality outdoor amenity space. Policy H12 states that HMO's will be permitted where these will 'support the well-being of their occupants and neighbours'. It is not considered that the rear yard and internal communal space as proposed provides high quality living conditions, and the cumulative impact of these has the potential to cause detrimental impacts on the well-being of current and future occupants. Therefore the proposal is considered contrary to Local Plan Part 2 Policies A1, H12 (b), Core Strategy Policy CS9 (f) and Design Code SPD .

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Condition Text

The application site lies within Flood Zones 2 and 3 where a site-specific flood risk assessment (FRA) should be provided for all development. A flood risk assessment has not been submitted alongside this application. There are 2 no. of bedroom's located at ground floor level. As an HMO these bedroom's will be two of the occupants sole living space, and will contain all their belongings. This contrasts to the previous use of a dwelling house, as conventionally, sleeping accommodation would have been mostly confined to the first floor or above. No FRA has been submitted to consider flood risk for both habitable accommodation as well as sleeping accommodation on the ground floor as well as other matters including flood resistance and resilience measures, together with the identification of a safe refuge above the flood level and the provision of a flood warning and emergency response plan. Therefore the proposal is not considered to comply with the NPPF or Policy CS13 due to the effect of the proposal on flood risk.

Although Dwg No. 1912_1 Rev D demonstrates that the bedrooms exceed the minimum room sizes for single occupancy (6.5sqm) outlined in the Nationally Described Size Standards and Local Plan Part 2 Policy H12, the communal areas are small and cramped i.e. kitchen/diner space for 6 people, and Policy A1, which builds upon paragraph 135 (f) pf the National Planning Policy Framework, requires development to have a high standard of amenity for existing and future users. It is considered that the internal communal space is limited to an extent that is unacceptable. Additionally the application site only has a small rear yard area, which is proposed to contain the bin storage. Whilst on the one hand this is positive as it removes the bin storage from the front of the property, where it would have been highly visible from the street scene, it does also introduce another issue. The location of the bin storage in the rear yard creates an unattractive and poor quality outdoor amenity space. Policy H12 states that HMO's will be permitted where these will 'support the well-being of their occupants and neighbours'. It is not considered that the rear yard and internal communal space as proposed provides high quality living conditions, and the cumulative impact of these has the potential to cause detrimental impacts on the well-being of current and future occupants. Therefore the proposal is considered contrary to Local Plan Part 2 Policies A1, H12 (b), Core Strategy Policy CS9 (f) and Design Code SPD .