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Search the Public Notice PortalPermission for the continued use of a 10-person house in multiple occupation (HMO) in a Romford restaurant and former pub has been refused despite already being in operation.
The first floor of the building at 290 North Street is being used as an HMO and was licensed to operate until September 2026, according to a planning document submitted in June this year.
The retrospective application was submitted by Tugby & Tugby Surveyors Ltd on behalf of applicant Mahbub Alum who sought permission to continue using the site as an HMO.
The property has nine bedrooms, each with an en-suite bathroom, and is designed to house up to 10 people.
The planning statement describes the HMO location as being on the "first floor of a former public house".
A venue was last known to be under the name The Triangle at the site which had a premises license application to supply alcohol, play live and recorded music, and provide late night refreshments refused in July.
At a Havering Council meeting on June 5, objections against the license application were explored including concerns about late night noise and anti-social behaviour.
It is unclear whether The Triangle is currently open for business or not.
The Triangle replaced Neyzen Restaurant, which itself was stripped of its premises licence in March after Home Office immigration officers found illegal working at the site including a shed which raised "suspicion of modern-day slavery".
Before Neyzen Restaurant, the premises was occupied by a pub called The Parkside, which closed around 2021.
The planning statement said the proposal was intended to “regularise an existing use”, rather than create a new one.
However, on October 5 council planning officers refused the application because of concerns about the accommodation provided for residents.
Planning officers said: “There is a lack of a suitable internal and external communal areas for all the occupiers to use which fails to meet standard requirements of the East London HMO guidance and Local Plan HMO Policy, which would be harmful to the amenity of the occupiers of the HMO.
“The proposal would therefore fail to provide an adequate living environment for all occupants."
The application, however, referred to the council’s HMO concentration threshold, stating that the nearest known HMO was in Hainault Road and there was “no evidence of overconcentration” under the 10 per cent limit.
It also said the former pub was not listed as an asset of community value, so the change did not remove protected community space.
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