Search Results for: article 4 direction
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City council inundated with HMO applications after new Article 4 rules kick in
A change in the licensing rules by Derby City Council is on course to generate over £22,000 in just the first week.
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Big south coast council to limit HMO conversions via planning
Eastbourne is the latest council to reveal plans that will see landlords and agents required to get planning permission for HMO conversions via an Article 4 direction.
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Big council to tackle HMOs and ‘protect starter homes’
Wakefield Council in West Yorkshire has agreed an Article 4 direction to require planning approval for large HMOs in some areas.
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Another big council clampdown on ‘anti-social’ HMOs
Middlesbrough's officials are to vote in favour of introducing an Article 4 Direction to stop ‘uncontrolled spread’ of HMOs in city.
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Another big council changes planning rules to limit HMOs
Chair of Sutton's housing committee is putting an Article 4 Direction in place so that planning permission will be required to convert a property into a smaller HMO.
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Agent slams council over holiday home restrictions
Rhys Elvins from Abersoch estate agents Elvins says Gwynedd Council's Article 4 direction will just restrict an open market for homes not create more affordable ones for locals.
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Another northern council plots to stop HMO ‘surge’
Bury Council wants to introduce supplementary planning to stop the ‘sandwiching of properties’ by HMOs.
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Council reveals HMO crackdown as city reaches ‘saturation point’
Gloucester is the latest council to target unregulated smaller HMOs, while also revealing new planning restrictions for new HMOs in many areas.
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Most councils struggling to regulate HMOs because many ‘under radar’
North East Lincolnshire Council says data gap prevents action on shared housing as local authorities struggle to control spread of HMOs.
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WARNING: Sublets ‘can cost landlords up to £80,000’
A sublet property can be designated as an HMO and be subject to the strict rules governing multiple occupancy buildings, warns expert.
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