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Item CH 19/41 referred from Communities and Housing Advisory Board minutes of 12 November 2019

Item CH 19/41 referred from Communities and Housing Advisory Board minutes of 12 November 2019

Consideration of recommendations to the Cabinet from the Communities and Housing Advisory Board of 12 November 2019.

The Cabinet resolved that:

The recommendations of the Communities and HousingAdvisory Board be approved as follows:

The following charges be approved with effect from 1 April 2020:

£537 for a new mandatory HMO licence application;

£495 for the renewal of a mandatory HMO licence application;

£390 for a new caravan site licence where the use of the site is for permanent residential use; and

£185 for the transfer of a caravan site licence for a permanent residential use site.

Decision Notice D200011CAB

The report provides an update on existing fees and the recommended charge following a review of the costs to process the respective applications. The proposals if adopted would result in fee increases for both HMO and Caravan site licensing, which have been benchmarked against neighbouring authorities. 

The report of the Director of Planning, Housing and Environmental Health provided an update on existing fees for licensing houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) and caravan sites together with recommended charges following a review of costs of processing the respective applications.  The proposed fee increases had been benchmarked against neighbouring authorities.

RECOMMENDED:  That the following charges be approved with effect from 1 April 2020:

£537 for a new mandatory HMO licence application;

£495 for the renewal of a mandatory HMO licence application;

£390 for a new caravan site licence where the use of the site is for permanent residential use; and

£185 for the transfer of a caravan site licence for a permanent residential use site.

*Referred to Cabinet