Item CH 21/33 referred from Communities and Housing Advisory Board of  9 November 2021

Consideration of recommendations (CH 21/33) to the Cabinet from the meeting of the Communities and Housing Advisory Board of 9 November 2021

The Cabinet resolved that:

The following charges be approved with effect from 1 April 2022:

(1)             £570 for processing a new mandatory HMO licencing application;

(2)             £520 for the processing of a new application for a mandatory HMO licence;

(3)             £410 for processing a new caravan site licence application where the use of the site is for permanent residential use;

(4)             £200 for the transfer of a caravan site licence for permanent residential use site; and

(5)             £235 for processing a fit and proper person test application for licence holders of relevant protected sites other than  non-commercial family occupied sites.

(Decision Notice D220014CAB)

Consideration of recommendations (CH 21/33) to the Cabinet from the meeting of the Communities and Housing Advisory Board of 9 November 2021

The Cabinet resolved that:

The following charges be approved with effect from 1 April 2022:

(1)             £570 for processing a new mandatory HMO licencing application;

(2)             £520 for the processing of a new application for a mandatory HMO licence;

(3)             £410 for processing a new caravan site licence application where the use of the site is for permanent residential use;

(4)             £200 for the transfer of a caravan site licence for permanent residential use site; and

(5)             £235 for processing a fit and proper person test application for licence holders of relevant protected sites other than  non-commercial family occupied sites.

This report provides updates on the existing fee charged to licence a house in multiple occupation (HMO) or caravan site for permanent residential use and details the proposed fee charge following a review of the costs to process the respective applications.

The report provided an update of the existing fees charges to licence a house in multiple occupation (HMO) or caravan site for permanent residential use and the recommended fee 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.

RECOMMENDED: that charges from the 1 April 2022 be agreed as follows:

(1)   £570 for processing a new mandatory HMO licence application;

(2)   £520 for the processing of a renewal application for a mandatory HMO licence;

(3)   £410 for processing a new caravan site licence application where the use of the site is for permanent residential use;

(4)   £200 for the transfer of a caravan site licence for a permanent residential use site; and

(5)   £235 for processing a fit and proper person test application for licence holders of relevant protected sites other than non-commercial family occupied sites.