A Brighton landlord who had already been given permission in December 2021 to turn a 4 storey family home into a 5 bedroom HMO has been refused permission, on a subsequent planning application, to turn the living room into a 6th bedroom.

The Chair of the planing committee said "we've got three storey's of bedrooms and the idea that we have a storey of living space for those people .... I think that's reasonable."

Other committee members said "the introduction of a further resident and the resultant loss of shared living space would be unacceptably detrimental to the quality of life for future residents."