13 Hungerford Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3BU
Proposal
Change of use from C3 (Residential) to C4 (House of Multiple Occupancy) (Certificate of Lawful Existing Use) These are the facts:- 1. This house has been rented out to three students at Bath University since at least 2009. At this time, a three bedroom house did not have to be an HMO. 2. Bath University accredited this property from 2009. 3. BANES introduced HMO's for three bedroom houses in 2013. 4. 13 Hungerford Road became a registered BANES HMO in 2013. The HMO licence number is: 18/03140/HMOADD
- Received
- 12 August 2025
- Decided
- 4 November 2025 · LAWFUL
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Kingsmead
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- ReceivedSubmitted12 Aug
- ValidatedValidated26 Aug
- Consult.Consultation1 Oct
- TargetTarget Date4 Nov
- DecidedDecided4 Nov
Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)
This is an application to amend a permission at 13 Hungerford Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3BU. Bath has handled 480 applications of this type and approves 92% of them, typically deciding them in 36 days. This one was decided in 84 days, 7 weeks longer than Bath's median. The site is in the Bath conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 350 applications across Kingsmead. We hold 2,250 applications in total for the BA1 postcode area.
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- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
- Conservation area: Bath
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