PLANS to create a ten-bedroom house share on a busy junction in the place of a former shop have been thrown out by Bradford Council for providing “unacceptable living standards”.

The plans aimed to create a house of multiple occupancy with ten bedrooms in the former shop and residential property 1-3 Pearson Lane in Allerton.

The four-storey house would have been divided up into bedsits each containing a living, sleeping, kitchen and bathroom facilities.

Addressing potential issues, the applicant claimed that any excess noise would be managed by “asking residents to put music systems and TVs on rubber mats” and “making sure their children don’t play in a way that would disturb neighbours”.

The application said inspections “could be undertaken quarterly or randomly” and that residents “could hire cleaners” to avoid excess mess, and that a “code of behaviour” will be given to residents to avoid any crime caused by the site.

In the application’s Travel Plan it makes clear there is no viable on-site parking, relying instead on on-street parking for “a few cars”, despite it being planned as a ten-person property, but that residents would be encouraged to cycle, walk or use public transport to get around instead.

In analysing the plans, Bradford Council’s planning officer Ross Hallam said that to describe it as a HMO was incorrect as every bedsit would have its own facilities rather than them being shared.

They also said that none of the proposed bedsits meet the required national housing standards, having just 16.5 sq metres to 28.7 sq m of floor space and some having little access to natural light, ventilation or outlook, therefore does not provide an acceptable standard of living for residents.

On parking, the Council said there is very little areas where prolonged parking would not impact traffic flow around the location and would impact on highway safety.