Article 4 Direction relating to Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs)

Overview

The City Council has made a decision to introduce a city-wide Article 4 Direction, which will mean a planning application must  be submitted for proposals to convert family houses (C3 use class) to small Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) accommodating between 3 and 6 people (C4 use class). The Council is now commencing a 6-week period to publicise the city-wide direction from Thursday 6 June 2019.

An existing Article 4 Direction for the same purpose is currently in place covering parts of Selly Oak, Harborne and Edgbaston. To avoid duplication in coverage, this existing direction will be cancelled, but to ensure that there is no gap in coverage the cancellation will happen on the same day that the new city-wide direction will come in to force.

Why your views matter

The Council is inviting public comments as part of this publicity period. These will be taken in to account when the direction is confirmed later this year. Following confirmation, the direction will come in to force on Monday 8 June 2020. This consultation closed on Thursday 18th June 2019.

Alternatively, completed forms and enquiries can also be emailed to planningstrategy@birmingham.gov.uk

Or by post to; Planning and Development, 1 Lancaster Circus Queensway, Birmingham, B4 7DJ

Documents and feedback forms are also available to view in the following locations:

• 1 Lancaster Circus Queensway, Birmingham, B4 7DJ
• Council House, Victoria Square, Birmingham, B1 1BB
• Druids Heath Customer Service Centre, Idmiston Croft, Druids Heath, B14 5NJ
• Erdington Customer Service Centre, 67 Sutton New Road, Erdington, B23 6QT
• Northfield Customer Service Centre, 1a Vineyard Road, Northfield, B31 1PG
• Saltley Customer Service Centre, 54 Highfield Road, Washwood Heath, B8 3QU
   If you have any other questions or queries, please telephone 0121 303 4529.

What happens next

Complete the feedback form via the link below to provide comments on the two Directions: