Bedsits plan for old pub buildings set to be refused

'UNDERSIZED' ROOMS, LACK OF PRIVACY CITED

- By EDDIE BISKNELL

PLANS to turn a series of historic pub buildings in a town centre into a 19-bed HMO are set to be rejected because many of the rooms would be too small.

The development, from Jet Property Lettings, aims to convert buildings at 52 Mary Street in Ilkeston town centre into a 19-bed/20-person house in multiple occupation (HMO).

These buildings, mostly built 120 years ago, had formed part of the Old Harrow Inn, with The Harrow pub facing on to the marketplace itself.

However, the scheme has now been recommended for refusal by Erewash Borough Council planning officials due to, among many other issues, insufficient room sizes.