Issue - meetings
Review of the Additional HMO licensing scheme
Meeting: 09/09/2020 - Cabinet (Item 59)
59 Review of the Additional HMO licensing scheme 
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The Head of Regulatory Services and Community Safety has submitted a reportto provide findings from a review carried out for the HMO Licensing Scheme and seek Cabinet approval to conduct a statutory consultation to renew the scheme in 2021.
Recommendation: That Cabinet resolves to:
1. Consider the Review of Licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation 2020 and note its findings;
2. Resolve that the Review indicates that a significant proportion of HMOs in the Council`s area are being managed ineffectively;
3. Instruct Officers of the Council to proceed with a statutory 10 week consultation on the basis that it is necessary to renew the licensing scheme in its entirety for a further 5 years; and
4. Request a future report setting out the results of the statutory consultation and the proposed future of the licensing scheme.
Additional documents:
- Appendix 1 Additional HMO Licensing Review Report, item 59
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- Appendix 2 - Proposed Fee Structure, item 59
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- Appendix 3 - Risk Register, item 59
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- Appendix 4 - EIA Assessment, item 59
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View as DOCX (59/5) 124 KB
Minutes:
The Head of Regulatory Services and Community Safety had submitted a reportto provide findings from a review carried out for the Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) Licensing Scheme and seek Cabinet approval to conduct a statutory consultation to renew the scheme in 2021.
Councillor Hollingsworth, Cabinet Member for Planning and Housing Delivery, introduced the report and the recommendations. He reminded Cabinet that this proposal was for the renewal and improvement of the existing HMO licensing scheme.
He thanked Councillor Linda Smith (previously Cabinet Member responsible for this) and officers for their work on the review of the scheme.
Cabinet resolved to:
1. Note the findings of the Review of Licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation 2020;
2. Note that the Review indicates that a significant proportion of HMOs in the Council`s area are being managed ineffectively;
3. Instruct Officers of the Council to proceed with a statutory 10 week consultation on the scheme on the basis that it is necessary to renew the licensing scheme in its entirety for a further 5 years; and
4. Request a future report setting out the results of the statutory consultation and the proposed future of the licensing scheme.