A Slough home has been granted permission to be transformed into a multiple occupancy house by planning officers.

The property on Sutton Avenue has been give the green light to make the changes and allow more than one occupant to live there.

The plans will also see some minor physical adaptations made to the home as part of the development.

These include the infill of new window and the moving of the front door from the side to the front of the property.

Planning documents suggest the applicant wishes to include three bedroom on the home’s ground floor and three on the second floor.

A bathroom would be on the first floor, while a kitchen, wash space and a garage would be found on the ground floor.

Houses that change from single occupancy to multiple occupancy homes are required to obtain planning permission.

It is not the only such property that is seeking to make the change from single to multiple occupancy in the borough.

Elsewhere, another home has applied to confirm that change its use to an HMO (home with multiple occupants) is lawful.

This home on Rayners Close in Colnbrook is seeking permission to change use to allow six unrelated people to reside in the house.

Under the plans submitted to the council, this new home would have bedrooms on both the ground floor and first floor.

Kitchen and living space would be provided on the ground floor of the house, while the bathroom and boiler would be on the second floor.

The government’s website describes an HMO as a house with at least three tenants that form more than one household and have shared toilet, bathroom and kitchen facilities.

If five or more tenants live comprising more than one household live there, a property is deemed to be a large HMO.

Changing use from a single to multiple occupancy household is termed as a move from use Class C3 to Class C4.

To find out more about these planning applications, visit Slough Borough Council’s planning portal with the references P/15861/001 and P/20404/000.