Plans for a large home near to a Bury park to be used as a house of multiple occupation have been approved.
The property, on Monmouth Avenue, off Walmersley Road, is close to Clarence Park.
Applicants Harp Property Investing Ltd applied to the council for a change of use of a building for it to be used as a six-person house of multiple occupation (HMO).
An officer report on the application, read: “There is no planning history or any other evidence to suggest that the building has been anything other than in lawful use as single dwelling-house.
The property is close to Clarence Park, Bury
“As such on the balance of probability the building was in domestic use and so would qualify for the permitted development right.
“The submitted floor plans show a total of six bedrooms with en suite bathrooms and shared communal kitchen and living space.
“As such the building is capable of being occupied by up to six individuals living a single household.
“Therefore the existing use of an HMO is lawful.”
Bury Council has now issued a lawful development certificate for the conversion.
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The applicant stated in the application that building has already been converted as a HMO.
The form, stated: “The house on Monmouth Ave was a single dwelling and has been converted and operated as a six person HMO under the permitted development regulations .
“The mortgage company are requesting a certificate of lawfulness for the property to operate as a HMO.”