D24A/0133

The development would be visually obtrusive and overbearing on the adjacent residential property at No. 22 The Grove, while the proposed hostel fails to provide mandatory staff and management facilities required by national guidelines for emergency accommodation.

• The bulk, siting, and massing of the extension would result in a visually dominant and overbearing form of development that seriously injures the residential amenity of the adjacent dwelling to the south.
• The proposed communal amenity spaces are constrained in size and layout, failing to provide an acceptable standard for future occupants and likely causing noise disturbance to neighbors.
• The development fails to comply with the 2022 Guidelines for New Emergency Accommodation due to a total lack of provision for staff facilities, such as a manager's office, meeting rooms, and staff toilets.