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Search the Public Notice PortalA house in multiple occupation (HMO) in Harold Wood "operating without permission" has been ordered to stop its use and have its fittings removed.
A planning enforcement notice has been served by Havering Council for converting a property in Church Road into an HMO allegedly without planning permission.
The council has condemned the unauthorised change, calling it unacceptable.
In its enforcement notice, the council detailed the physical changes made to the property.
Additional gas and electricity meters and fuse boxes were installed, indicating that each room was intended to be billed separately - a common feature of HMOs.
The notice demands that the property owner stops using the house as an HMO and removes the unauthorised fittings and alterations.
This includes the removal of the toilets, wash hand basins, showers and internal walls which form the en-suites.
Any rubbish, debris or other materials on the site accumulated as a result of taking the aforementioned steps must also be removed.
The additional gas and electricity meters and fuse boxes must also be removed so that only one remains, serving the whole premises.
The enforcement notice gives the owner two months to stop using the property as an HMO from the date the notice takes effect.
They have a month longer to remove the fittings and the leftover materials.
As well as the conversion being made without planning permission, the council noted other reasons for the development being unacceptable.
The ground-floor front bedroom measures 8.1 square metres, according to the enforcement notice, falling short of the minimum 8.5 square metres required for a single occupant under east London HMO guidance.
The council also noted privacy issues, stating that the rear ground-floor bedroom suffers from overlooking from the communal garden - resulting in a "poor quality living environment harmful to the amenity of existing occupiers".
Although submitted on July 9, the notice takes effect from August 7.
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