Worries have been aired over a street in Newcastle where almost every home has been turned into student accommodation.
Councillors expressed concerns on Friday about the dominance of student housing in parts of Jesmond, after being told that 94% of the properties on Sunbury Avenue are houses in multiple occupation (HMOs). There are only four homes left on the street that are not HMOs and that number is set to drop to three, after Newcastle City Council’s planning committee approved the conversion of another terraced house.
The “overwhelming” level of student homes and resulting “noise and activity” on the street led city planning officials to conclude that it had effectively become unsuitable for families to live on.
