Issue - meetings
Review of Charges and Fees 2021/22
Meeting: 11/02/2021 - Cabinet (Item 26)
Item CH 20/26 referred from Communities and Housing Advisory Board of 10 November 2020
Additional documents:
Decision:
Consideration of recommendations (CH 20/26) to the Cabinet from the meeting of the Communities and Housing Advisory Board of 10 November 2020.
The Cabinet resolved that:
(1) the following charges be approved with effect from 1 April 2021:
- £545 for processing a new mandatory HMO licence application;
- £500 for the processing of a renewal application for a mandatory HMO licence;
- £395 for processing a new caravan site licence application where the use of the site is for permanent residential use; and
- £190 for the transfer of a caravan site licence for a permanent residential site use.
Minutes:
Decision Notice D210020CAB
Consideration was given to the recommendations from the meeting of the Communities and Housing Advisory Board of 10 November 2020 (as set out at Minute Number CH 20/26).
RESOLVED: That:
(1) the following charges be approved with effect from 1 April 2021:
- £545 for processing a new mandatory HMO licence application;
- £500 for the processing of a renewal application for a mandatory HMO licence;
- £395 for processing a new caravan site licence application where the use of the site is for permanent residential use; and
- £190 for the transfer of a caravan site licence for a permanent residential site use.
Meeting: 10/11/2020 - Communities and Housing Advisory Board (Item 26)
26 Review of Charges and Fees 2021/22 
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This report updates members of the existing fees charged to licence a house in multiple occupation (HMO) or caravan site 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 licencing, which have been benchmarked against neighbouring authorities.
Minutes:
The report of the Director of Planning, Housing and Environmental Health provided an update on existing fees for licensing a house in multiple occupation (HMO) or caravan site together with recommended charges following a review of the 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 2021:
£545 for processing a new mandatory HMO licence application;
£500 for the processing of a renewal application for a mandatory HMO licence;
£395 for processing a new caravan site licence application where the use of the site is for permanent residential use; and
£190 for the transfer of a caravan site licence for a permanent residential use site.
*Referred to Cabinet