ePetition details
Proposed Cap on HMOs (shared housing) in Bath and North East Somerset.
We the undersigned petition the council to not support an Article 4 Direction. We believe that a balanced community cannot prescribe that one type of household must be in a minority. We believe that there should not be a cap on the number of HMOs anywhere in Bath & North East Somerset and we do not support an Article 4 Direction.
Bath and North East Somerset Council are proposing the implementation of an Article 4 Direction which would mean that restrictions would be made on the numbers of HMOs (shared housing) coming into existence in the future. The proposed cap, as stated in the September 2012 Supplementary Planning Document, is 25% of houses within a 100 metre radius. This type of housing is relied upon by young professionals, trainee teachers and nurses, those on low incomes, students and anyone else sharing a house with 3 or more unrelated people.
A summary of the potential consequences of an Article 4
Direction written for the National Housing Voice Report can be
found at this link:
http://www.bathstudent.com/pageassets/campaigns/article4/Article-4-Directions-summary-1.pdf
The proposed SPD can be found at this link-Agenda Item 15 appendix A- http://democracy.bathnes.gov.uk/documents/g3251/Public%20reports%20pack%2010th-Oct-2012%2018.30%20Cabinet.pdf?T=10
Banes’ Feasibility Study, which found no link between
anti-social behaviour, noise and HMOs can be found at this
link:
http://democracy.bathnes.gov.uk/documents/s15868/AppxAFeasibility.pdf
More information and supporting documents can be found at: http://www.bathstudent.com/article4
The council will be running several consultation events on this
legislation, the locations of which you can see below:
Bath Spa University
Stall @ Students’ Union
18th October
11am – 2pm
University of Bath
Stall @ Students’ Union
23rd October
11am – 2pm
One Stop Shop Manvers Street
Open Public Drop-in event
23rd October
6pm – 8.30pm
Oldfield Park Baptist Church, Moorland Road
Open public Drop-in event
25th October
3 – 5pm
St Alphage Parish Hall, Oldfield Lane
Open public Drop-in event
25th October
6-8.30pm
This ePetition ran from 02/10/2012 to 28/02/2013 and has now finished.
698 people signed this ePetition.