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Planning Appeals Commission dismisses appeal

Chief Medical Officer Annual Report 2021 Chief Medical Officer seeks national strategy to improve health of coastal communities From: 21 July 2021 Chief Medical Officer’s 2021 Annual Report highlights the substantially higher burden of physical and mental health conditions in coastal communities The health challenges of coastal towns are serious and today’s report shows there is more in common between them than their nearest inland neighbours Key recommendations include proposals for a...

“REVOLTING” piles of household waste and rubbish are “no surprise” to residents of one Southampton area, who have voiced their frustrations after years of incidents. Those who live in and around the Polygon district have hit out after years of fly tipping incidents, with some pointing the finger at HMOs in the area. They claim the incidents are linked to the clearing out of the area’s HMOs when tenancies end. Furniture, clothes, food waste and loose rubbish are often found spr...

A terrifying letter was waiting for us at home this week, on our return from our first summer break in two years. Addressed to Thomas and Lucinda Utley, it came from our local council and threatened us with a penalty of tens of thousands of pounds if we failed to comply with an enclosed Requisition for Information within 14 days. Dear Sir/Madam, it began, the London Borough of Lambeth have information that the property above is being used as a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) and is required ...

OWNERS of a historic former Weymouth pub are hoping that a planning loophole will prevent enforcement action from being taken over works to change part of the building into homes. The former Swan Inn, number 567 Dorchester Road, ceased trading around 2004 and changed hands two years later. Planning permission was granted for the Upwey listed building to be converted into a family home in 2007, but expired after works did not get under way - which the owners say is due to the financial cra...

A WETHERSPOON pub housed in a beautiful listed building in Bracknell is among the latest to apply to for planning permissions to make a few changes.

A rogue landlord has been forced to pay over £16,000 after a court found she had been renting out an unauthorised and unsafe House in Multiple…

A rogue landlord has been forced to pay over £16,000 after a court found she had been renting out an unauthorised and unsafe House in Multiple…

DORSET Council is urging landlords and letting agents to join a training scheme.

The council originally identified the hazards and served a prohibition order on the property on December 10 last year. The property had been sub-let as a HMO to at least eight people and it was later discovered that the back of the premises had also been occupied and posed dangerous Category One hazards. The order prohibited the property as a residential dwelling and a number of sub-tenants vacated and accepted support from the council with rehousing. The two occupants who remained at...