Landlord overturns restrictive planning on HMO

A Worthing landlord has successfully had the planning constraints placed on a House in Multiple Occupation removed.

Restrictive planning constraints had been placed upon landlord Sean Adelphies HMO property that meant he could only operate the property if he lived on-site. The 25 bed property in Worthing, had previously been ran by the landlord as a care home since 1979 and these restrictive planning conditions were placed on the property following its change of use in 2011. 

Councillor Michael Cloake said: “I think it’s testament to the success of this so far that there’s no objections in here. In the three years it’s been running it seems to have been run very professionally.”

The planning committee voted to allow Mr Adelphie to manage the property from a separate address and continue to use the building as a multiple occupancy property.