Walsall Council has refused a proposal to develop a listed town centre building into a 12-bedroom House of Multiple Occupation.

The former Midlands Business Management College at 27 Bradford Street is located within the Bradford Street Conservation Area.

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In the same WS1 postcode there are at least 84 other HMOs.

Over the last nine years the former college has been at the heart of several planning applications of the sort.

In May 2016 it was refused permission to be turned into an 11-bedroom HMO.

In December 2022, plans were submitted to develop it into a 16-bedroom HMO, but the application was later withdrawn.

The most recent application by BAC Property Investments Ltd has been in var

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