Plans submitted for new HMO in listed building on Frederick Street, Sunniside

Plans have been put forward to convert a listed building in Sunniside into a HMO intended for use as student accommodation.

Sunderland City Council received an application for Grade II-listed 42 Frederick Street. They say the rennovation will “bring much-needed refurbishment to the area”.

However, a recent submission for the same property was recently refused.

The new plans show the conversion of the property from four residential apartments to a “six-bed HMO [house of multiple occupation] with associated internal alterations”.

The rejected bid was for eight studio apartments.

Sunderland City Council’s conservation team said the former plans would have “introduced an inappropriate use that is incompatible with the character of this part of the Sunniside Conservation Area and the regeneration objectives for Sunniside”.

Officers also said that proposal would see “unsympathetic interventions to the listed building”.