2nd November 2026
Council spends public money to ‘consider’ HMO clampdown
Yet another council is considering Article 4 planning controls to clampdown should on Houses in Multiple Occupation. Mansfield local authority is spending council tax payers’ money on what it calls “detailed work” to justify Article 4 powers. The move follows work by the council’s so-called HMO Working Group, which has been examining the...
