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Plans for PBSA in back garden of Pennsylvania Road student HMO submitted for approval
Application for six-bed two-storey block cites neighbouring student block in back garden beside Devonshire Place orchard and play area as precedent.
Martin Redfern
An application to build a six-bed two-storey purpose built student accommodation block in the back garden of a student House in Multiple Occupation in Pennsylvania Road has been submitted to the city council for approval.
The application cites a student accommodation block in the back garden of the neighbouring property, granted planning permission in 2011, as a precedent for volume, massing and design.
Proposed floor plans and elevations. Image: Ercle.
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Proposed floor plans and elevations. Image: Ercle.
