Hostels: Planning Permission
(asked on 2nd November 2015) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to introduce a separate planning category for hostels.
This question was answered on 5th November 2015
Hostels are considered to be a class of their own. It is for the local planning authority to consider the use of a particular property based on the specific details of the individual case.