A home in Failsworth will become a HMO after initial plans which included an extension and a further bedroom were refused earlier this year.

The application relates to a property on Hulton Street, Failsworth and means that a previously three bedroom home will now become a five bedroom HMO. 

The initial plans were submitted in a certificate of lawfulness application which included an extension.

However the extension was refused in June due to the planning officer ruling that the extension plans would need planning approval. 

This was due to the fact the dimensions of the extension would exceed the limits which would allow for it to fall under a certificate of lawfulness.

The old plans also included a sixth bedroom, on the lower floor of the home and outlined that the kitchen, dining and living area would be in the basement of the home. 

Now given a certificate of lawful development, newer plans have only five bedrooms and leave the kitchen and dining area on the ground floor of the property, but merging them into the same room which previously housed just the kitchen.

Oldham have now officially granted the newest submission on Monday, October 21 for the now five bedroom development without any extension propositions.

The new plans have two bedrooms on the ground floor with ensuite bathrooms as well as there being three bedrooms retained on the first floor with the addition of ensuite bathrooms.

A HMO only requires planning permission when it is set to house six or more occupants, meaning the planning officer needed only check the new plans were within the limits of lawful development.

The HMO is only granted to house five people, stating on the notice of approval that the grant is for a 'five person, five bedroom dwelling'.

According to the application, the site also is connected to a small patch of land the the right of the home, which was where the initially proposed extension would have been developed.