Multiple Occupation: Community Relations
(asked on 20th October 2026) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of Houses in Multiple Occupation in settled communities.
Answered by
Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
This question was answered on 3rd November 2026
No such specific assessment has been made. I refer the noble Lord to policy DM10 of the new National Planning Policy Framework published on 17 August. The policy provides a more flexible framework for the use of Article 4 directions so local planning authorities can remove permitted development rights where it is necessary to protect the amenity or wellbeing of an area, for instance where there is an overconcentration of small Houses in Multiple Occupation.