Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 88044
Multiple Occupation: Planning Permission
Tabled: 4 November 2025
Answered: 17 November 2025
Question
Sarah Hall
Labour (Co-op) — Warrington South
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to review planning requirements for converting homes into houses in multiple occupation.
Answer
Matthew PennycookLocal planning authorities already have planning powers to limit the concentration or proliferation of HMOs within their locality. They can remove the national permitted development right for smaller HMOs to protect the local amenity or wellbeing of an ar...
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