Crewe Town Council has registered objections to recent House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) applications in Crewe - including one on the edge of the town centre.

A Crewe Town Council Planning Committee was held on Monday (October 17), discussing recent HMO applications and a further sub-divided set of flats application.

An application for a new HMO on Delamere Street was strongly opposed by the committee.

An application for a new HMO on Delamere Street was strongly opposed by the Crewe Town Council committee (Google).

This was on the grounds of how HMOs have adversely affected Crewe and the 'risk of negative impacts on existing residents from further high density housing.'

It believed the plans offered poor quality accommodation for prospective residents.

The committee also referenced the Cheshire East Council Article 4 Directive for Crewe - restricting the development of HMOs in areas of Crewe.

A separate development on Holt Street proposed the conversion of one existing dwelling into two self-contained flats.

The committee said the plans would risk 'overdevelopment in an already high-density residential area.'

Crewe Town Council's Planning Committee cannot decide on planning applications. It submits comments and observations to Cheshire East Council (Crewe Nub News).

Crewe Town Council believed it would unfavourably impact on existing residents within the local community as well as potentially provide poor accommodation standards for any future residents of the proposed flats.

The committee also objected to an application on the corner of Nile Street and Walthall Street to further sub-divide two flats into four.

Crewe Town Council listed concerns relating to impact on existing residents and also the risk that the proposals didn't meet national minimum housing standards.

It also said the application didn't clearly represent the correct address.

Crewe Town Council wants to restrict the development of HMOs in areas of Crewe (Peter Robinson).

Crewe Town Council's Planning Committee cannot decide on planning applications.

It meets to look at all applications in the town and to submit any comments or observations to Cheshire East Council - the planning authority for the area which makes the final planning decisions.

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