Support

Representation ID: 941

Received: 21/11/2024

Respondent: Dennis R Whittaker

This needs to be enforced to the letter.
The clustering of HMOs in any given area needs to be avoided.

Comment

Representation ID: 1177

Received: 29/11/2024

Respondent: Brierley Hill Community Forum

Clause a) of policy DLP 17.
This does not seem logical, surely any conversion of family housing to a House of multiple occupation leads to a loss of family housing and surely there's a shortage of family housing across the borough so on this basis no conversions to HMOs should be permitted?
Clause d) on car parking, this is too vague in terms of the level of car parking required and we should be looking for a clear statement of the ratio of car parking spaces compared with the number of occupants in each property.
Paragraph 8.52 is confusing. On the one hand it says that planning permission is not normally required for an HMO but then it refers to the Article 4 direction, so which is it, is planning permission required or not?
Paragraph 8.56 again the implication of this paragraph is that conversion to HMO from a family home will never be permitted because clearly any such conversion reduces the number of family homes.
If the council is saying that it will not allow conversion of family homes to HMOs without Planning Permission, we welcome that, but the Document needs to make this a bit clearer

Object

Representation ID: 1460

Received: 10/12/2024

Respondent: Police Crime Commissioner for West Midlands (PCCWM)

Agent: Tyler Parkes

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Requested that an additional bullet point is added to the policy, 'All proposals will be expected to demonstrate how the relevant ‘Secured by Design’ principles have been met including the outcome of consultation with Design Out Crime Officers (DOCO) at the pre-application stage and preparation of a management plan to demonstrate how the crime prevention measures will be maintained.' It is extremely disappointing that this has not been incorporated. In addition, the Delivery section should add, 'Liaison with West Midlands Police’s Design Out Crime Officers'. [Suggested changes in bold and underlined).