Event description
You are invited to this one-hour training session to talk about how applications for HMO’s are assessed and what members should bear in mind when considering calling in such an application to committee.
Marie Bath (Planning Manager) Chris Gillett (Private Sector Housing Team Leader) and Martin Crawford (Highway Officer) will talk you through some of the following:
- The need and purpose of HMO’s. CG and MB
- The difference between licensing and planning permission. What needs a license and what needs planning permission. MB and CG
- What the Planning Policy says – how we assess applications. MB
- Parking policy and parking surveys. MC
- Evidence and what members should be able to produce when considering asking to call in an HMO application. MB and MC
- Overturns, Appeals and costs. MB
It is expected that the session will consist of a 30 minute presentation by officers followed by 30 minutes for questions and discussion.