Decision details

RESOLVED:

2.1         Cabinet:

(a)       Approved the changes to the HMO licence fees (as set out in Paragraphs 3.2.5 – 3.2.12 of this report), including the apportionment of the HMO licence between the processing of the application and the administration of the HMO licensing scheme, and delegated to the Head of Housing and Wellbeing the authority to implement these revised fees with regard to applications for HMO licenses received with effect from 11 December 2019.

(b)       Approved the updated Private Sector Housing Fees & Charges Policy (attached to this report as Appendix A); and

(c)       Approved the transitional arrangements (as set out in Paragraph 3.2.16 – 3.2.17 of this report) for those HMO licences that were issued under the previous Additional HMO Licensing Scheme of 2014 and were not due to expire until after 2 November 2019.