PLANNING COMMITTEE AGENDA - Hartlepool Borough Council

Planning Committee – 25 th February 2009 4.1
9.10 The concerns raised are:
1. Will set a precedent which will ultimately be exploited and change the
character of the street.
2. Question that applicants statement that ‘there is a large demand for B&B
accommodation’. Want to see substantiated evidence from recognised
sources.
3. Increased traffic and parking congestion.
4. Highway safety.
5. Risk of young children getting injured from traffic.
6. Question room for 4 parking spaces on the property.
7. In practice it will be impossible to use all proposed parking spaces
8. Fire safety concerns from blocking up of the rear staircase.
9. Noise and disturbance issues from 24/7 operation.
10. The Authority will have no control over who will be staying in the house
11. Residents of Hutton Avenue currently suffer from businesses being run in
Hutton Avenue.
12. Residential area will be changed into a commercial development area.
13. Will attract undesirable people into a predominantly family orientated area,
increasing noise pollution.
14. Reduce property value.
15. Short term residents will have little or no concern for the local community.
16. May bring trouble to the area, increasing the possibility of anti-social
behaviour and crime.
17. Security concerns.
18. Property is not too large for single family occupation. Examples of similar
sized dwellings in the locality being used as single family accommodation.
19. Hartlepool is not a tourist destination and as such the proposed use will not
be able to rely upon any substantial form of tourist trade.
20. Will not attract passing trade.
21. If the business is not successful may lead to short term social housing in
various guises i.e. DSS referrals, private let evictions, offender resettlement.
22. B&B will require signage which will have an effect upon the character of the
conservation area.
23. There are already many other conversions of this type and nursing homes in
the street and to lose another family house, particularly as it is now a
conservation area it would seem to go against the best interests of both the
town as a whole, and the local residents in particular.
24. Questions the Council’s plans for Hutton Avenue and its immediate
environment.
25. Overflow of bins due to 10 people living in the house.
26. Concerned about it being used as bed sits.
27. We have at present 7 property’s that are flats/homes/care centre in Hutton
Avenue.
28. Already Hotel/guest house in Grange Road.
29. Hutton Avenue is a designated residential area of historic importance to
Hartlepool
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