HMO

Legal briefs: Brent uses POCA against slum landlords; Newham mosque closed after six-year legal fight

02.02.2018

Roger Milne

A round-up of legal news: 27 January-2 February, 2018

Appeal: Conversion of family home to 11-bedroom HMO blocked

15.01.2018

Matt Moody

Demographics & Population Growth | Environmental | HMO | noise impact | South East

Plans to alter a semi-detached four-bedroom home in Surrey to create an 11-bedroom HMO have been refused, after an inspector ruled that the ‘sheer scale of occupation by 11 unrelated people’...

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Legal briefs: Latest twist over Apple data centre approval

20.10.2017

Roger Milne

A round-up of legal news: 14 October-20 October, 2017

Appeals round-up: Two bathrooms between 16 HMO residents would be ‘inappropriate’; Home on busy main road ‘not suitable for families’

08.09.2017

A round-up of planning appeals: 5 September-11 September, 2017

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Appeal: Two bathrooms between 16 HMO residents would be ‘inappropriate’

05.09.2017

Demographics & Population Growth | East of England | HMO | Housing | living conditions

An inspector has refused plans to convert a vacant house in Wisbech into a nine-bedroom HMO accommodating up to 16 people, ruling that although kitchen facilities would be ‘just about adequate’,...

Appeal: 15 HMO occupants sharing two bathrooms would be ‘overdevelopment’

21.08.2017

East of England | HMO | Housing | overdevelopment | Planning Law

A plan to convert a single-storey office unit in Lincolnshire into accommodation for up to 15 people has been refused after an inspector ruled that the provision of just two bathrooms and two cookers would...

Appeals round-up: 70-child daycare nursery on ground floor of home would disrupt neighbours; Housing scheme would harm ancient Roman fort's setting

14.08.2017

A round-up of planning appeals: 8-14 August, 2017

Appeal: London council prioritises family homes in HMO refusal

10.08.2017

Demographics & Population Growth | family-orientated developments | HMO | Housing | London

An inspector has refused retrospective permission to convert a family home in north London to an HMO, citing the local authority's decision to prioritise the protection of family-sized accommodation in...

Appeals round-up: Javid backs custom-built homes plan in Wiltshire; Temporary short-term let ‘not comparable to renovation’

31.07.2017

A round-up of planning appeals: 21-28 July, 2017

Appeal: HMO use after Article 4 direction ‘was not a wilful breach’ of planning law

25.07.2017

An inspector has refused permission to retain an HMO that was created after a local Article 4 direction restricting HMO conversions, ruling that although there had been no wilful breach of planning laws, it...

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