Lancashire council gets five applications in two weeks for bedsits in former family homes
Hyndburn Council has received five applications in two weeks to allow former family homes to continue operating as Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) consisting of bedsits.
The authority has recently been toughening its policy on the issue by introducing Article 4 directions, meaning any new HMO conversions in certain wards now need full planning permission rather than Certificates of Lawful Use.
It has also published new supplementary planning guidance (SPG) to help determine such planning applications.
HMOs are homes where at least three people who aren’t from the same household rent a space and share facilities like bathrooms and kitchens.
The latest batch of five applications are all for Certificates of Lawful Use and cover properties in Oswaldtwistle, Accrington and Clayton-le-Moors.
Kara Lombard of Kent-based Mog Property has applied for permission to continue to use 36 Albert Street, Oswaldtwistle, as a four-bedroom, four-bathroom HMO.
The two-storey terraced house was previously a two-bedroomed house.
Jason Upton of Manchester-based One Heritage Property Rental Limited is seeking approval to use 55 Burnley Road, Clayton-le-Moors, as a four-bedsit HMO.
Lewis Green from Leyland is seeking permission to continue to use 85 Dowry Street, Accrington, as a four-bedroom, four-bathroom HMO.
The two-storey mid-terrace property was formerly a two-bedroomed house.
Mr Green has made a similar application in respect of 152 Water Street, Accrington.
It proposes to continue to use the two-storey mid-terraced property as a five-bedsit HMO.
It was previously a two-bedroomed house.
Chorley-based Ellie Ditchfield has applied for a Certificate of Lawful Use to continue to use 65 Water Street, Accrington, as a four-bedroom, four-bathroom HMO.
The two-storey mid-terrace property was previously a two-bedroomed house.