Policy HC1 - Conversion of Existing Dwellings

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Object

Development Management Plan Revised Proposed Submission Version March 2014

Representation ID: 5822

Received: 22/04/2014

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

Representation Summary:

HMOs are well known as a symptom of urban decay, so why indulge them? See the article by Darren P Smith in 'Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers', vol 37, issue 3 (July 2012), that studied the case of St Leonards-on-Sea: a grim analysis of spatial concentrations of deprived, unrelated, multi-person households; high population transience and density; downgraded residential environments; and fragile community cohesion.

Full text:

HMOs are well known as a symptom of urban decay, so why indulge them? See the article by Darren P Smith in 'Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers', vol 37, issue 3 (July 2012), that studied the case of St Leonards-on-Sea: a grim analysis of spatial concentrations of deprived, unrelated, multi-person households; high population transience and density; downgraded residential environments; and fragile community cohesion.

Object

Development Management Plan Revised Proposed Submission Version March 2014

Representation ID: 5824

Received: 22/04/2014

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

Representation Summary:

Who is to decide that 'the building can no longer be retained in its entirety for single family housing occupancy'?
Partition - to a required standard - could be considered as a preferable alternative to multiple occupancy.

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Who is to decide that 'the building can no longer be retained in its entirety for single family housing occupancy'?
Partition - to a required standard - could be considered as a preferable alternative to multiple occupancy.