Decision - Additional Licensing for Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) Consultation & Amendment of Standards for Licensed HMOs.
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Additional Licensing for Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) Consultation & Amendment of Standards for Licensed HMOs.
Decision Maker: Housing Cabinet Member Meeting
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
Report updates on consultation on introdution
of additional licensing for smaller HMOs in the wards identified.
Report seeks approval to extend consultation on additional HMO
licensing & Standards for Licensable HMOs.
Decision:
(1) That the update on the progress of consultation on the proposal to introduce additional licensing for smaller HMOs in the wards identified, be noted.
(2) That it be noted that there is authority under the existing scheme of delegation for the Strategic Director Place to extend consultation on additional HMO licensing of HMOs of two or more storeys and three or more occupiers in the wards identified and on proposed changes to the Brighton & Hove City Council Standards for Licensable HMOs between January 2012 and March 2012.
(3) That it be noted that the fees for existing mandatory HMO licences remain unchanged for 2012/13.
Report author: Martin Reid
Publication date: 18/01/2012
Date of decision: 18/01/2012
Decided at meeting: 18/01/2012 - Housing Cabinet Member Meeting
Effective from: 26/01/2012
Accompanying Documents:
- Cabinet Member Meeting Report for Houses in Multiple Occupation consultation on additional licensing & amendment of Standards PDF 125 KB View as HTML (1) 146 KB
- Cabinet Member Meeting Report for Houses in Multiple Occupation consultation on additional licensing & amendment of Standards enc. 1 PDF 159 KB View as HTML (2) 161 KB
- Item 72 - Additional HMO's Appendix 2 Concentration of Mapping of HMOs and Studen Housing in the 5 wards PDF 3 MB