Yahoo News Swimming pool building set to be converted to form part of shared house for 10 people
A swimming pool building is part of plans to create a shared house for ten people in Prestwich. Plans submitted to Bury Council in the past week show the intention to convert the property on Grosvenor Street in the a 10-bed house of multiple occupation (HMO).
The single storey building in the grounds of a detached house was formerly used a swimming school. Documents in support of the plans, said: “It is proposed to change the use of the property from a house and its incidental swimming pool building to a large HMO.
“There will be a functional and, to an extent, physical link between the main and pool building, although no interlink extension is proposed. “It is proposed to install two pitch-roofed dormer windows on the east roof slope of the property to facilitate the use of the loft space as habitable accommodation. “The end users may be students, they may not.
“More mixed HMO markets are forming, including social groups such as young professionals, international migrant workers, low-skilled workers, benefit recipients and divorcees. “The pool building is a single-storey building with pitched, tiled roofs.
“Internally, it comprises an entrance hall in the conservatory leading to two changing rooms and a swimming pool. “There is a utility room accessible from the outside only.”
The applicant, GMPE Property Ltd also address fears that conversion to a HMO may lead to increased anti-social behaviour. The statement, said: “One should not automatically assume HMO tenants are the leading cause of anti-social behaviour.
“Any occupier of any property could cause concerns in a community. “Nonetheless, it would be disingenuous for the applicant to suggest there is a guarantee that future residents would not engage in anti-social behaviour.
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“However, the controls and measures the applicant advocates will reduce the potential for noise ASBs and deal with problems that arise efficiently and effectively.” Planners at Bury Council will decide on the plans in the coming weeks.
