A PLAN to build a new three-bed house in the garden of a congested street has been turned down by the council.

The move to build the two-storey home in the garden of a home in Bransford Road, Worcester, came just months after a move to turn the building into a house of multiple occupation (HMO) was also rejected.

Planners at Worcester City Council rejected the application by Bozenka Rolinson and said the new ‘modern’ home was too big and would not fit in with the rest of the street.

The council also criticised the plan's tiny garden which it said was nowhere near suitable for a family home.

“The property has been designed to be of modern architectural design and similar to that which could be found on a modern housing estate,” the council’s planner said. “The existing character of the area is mixed with the street consisting of terraced and semi-detached, two-storey dwellings with one small, detached bungalow being located a couple of plots away.

Worcester News: SITE: The land to the rear of the home in Bransford Road

“Overall the proposed dwelling would sit uncomfortably within the street, being not only detached but also considerably larger than the surrounding properties.

“In short, the proposed dwelling would result in the addition of an incongruent feature within an established street.”

The new home would have been built facing neighbouring Blakefield Road – which caused a stir among some of the neighbours in the congested residential street.

Many of those that objected to the plan earlier this year over the parking issues they feared the HMO would cause have again registered their disapproval.

The city council did approve a plan to build a two-bed home on the same site in 2021.

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Worcester City Council has already rejected two planning applications by Hemmings Property Group, headed by Bozenka Rolinson who has put her own name to the application this time around, to convert the two adjoining homes in Bransford Road into houses of multiple occupation (HMOs).

Planning officers said adding another two HMOs in Bransford Road would breach its rules on the number of permitted HMOs within a given area.

Several neighbours also complained that parking spaces were already at a premium in Bransford Road – which has double yellow lines – and surrounding residential streets such as the narrow and already tightly-packed Blakefield Road.