South Tyneside Council gives green light to six-bed HMO despite public opposition
Planners say "no significant harm or adverse impacts have been identified.”
Plans for a new six-bedroom house in multiple occupation (HMO) in a South Shields street have been given the green light, despite objections.
A new shared house can now be created at 230 Dean Road following a decision by South Tyneside Council's planning department.
Four en-suite bedrooms and two bedrooms with off-suites were proposed, along with the retention of a kitchen / dining area on the ground floor.
A planning application from developers submitted earlier this year noted work started on the property back in late-2024 but said the work or change of use had not been completed.
The scheme's agent, Beaumont and Partners, has been providing supporting documents for a number of recent HMO applications submitted to local authority planners.
In similar supporting documents linked to these applications, the planning agent said its properties were "professionally designed and managed” and aimed at "young working professionals”.
There were 10 public objections to the Dean Road HMO plan, with concerns raised about parking pressures and highway safety, increased noise and disturbance, increased numbers of "short-term or transient occupants", waste and recycling issues and more.
There was also one representation received in support, which said there was "ample on-street parking" as well as claiming the proposal would "not harm the residential amenity of the area."
South Tyneside Council's planning department deemed the HMO acceptable and approved it on November 6, 2026.
Council planners noted the property already had an HMO licence and said "no significant harm or adverse impacts have been identified in respect of visual and residential amenity, biodiversity, highway safety, or in respect of crime/anti-social behaviour/fear of crime".
Officers argued that there were "no identified adverse impacts arising from the proposal that would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits associated with the development."
They said the proposed HMO would "result in a more varied mix of housing provision in an area that would assist with meeting particular housing needs" and stressed the development would not undermine the "immediate area's overall general character."
For more information, visit South Tyneside Council’s planning portal website and search for reference 260424.
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