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Sewage issues halt plans for new HMO in Portsmouth

The former Barclays branch in London Road, North End which could soon host a nine-bed HMO on its upper floors. Credit: Google

Former North End bank could be converted into a nine-person HMO under new plans

10 Rampart Gardens, Hilsea, where an asset management company was fined £15,000 after it was found that five individuals were living in the property without a HMO licence. Picture: Google Street View.

Portsmouth City Council issues hefty fines to landlords over lack of license

'We all know that HMOs are an important part of the city's housing'

New rules for shared homes in Portsmouth will hopefully 'drive up standards'

Planning permission has been given for the change despite parking concerns

13-bed HMO in Portsmouth approved despite concerns over parking

The design for the 16-bed HMO plan that was turned down by Portsmouth City Council last year

13-bedroom HMO in Portsmouth set to be given planning permission this week

HMO landlords outside Portsmouth Guildhall. Picture: Josh Wright

Landlords accuse council of treating HMO tenants like 'second-class citizens’

A number of houses in Portsmouth have been converted into HMOs. Picture for illustrative purposed only

Planning committee 'unreasonable' for its refusals around shared houses

How the HMO in Hilsea would have looked

Plans to create 16-bed HMO are turned down by Portsmouth City Council

First of city's controversial new HMO licences could be issued in the spring

A petition against the HMO in Rampart Gardens received hundreds of signatures. Picture: Google Maps

Retrospective plans for illegal HMO shut down by city council

The beach opposite The Hotwalls, in Old Portsmouth. Picture: Habibur Rahman.

'Extreme heat' warning issued for Portsmouth

Oriel Road, Portsmouth, where an HMO plan is based.

Picture: Habibur Rahman

Controversial HMO which could 'jeopardise' city community could soon be approved

Rampart Gardens in Hilsea Picture: Google

More than 200 people object to plans for new Portsmouth HMO

The block of flats where one property had an application to become an HMO

Plans to transform luxury Port Solent flat into HMO are approved

North End in Portsmouth

Dozens of HMO expansion plans await a decision by Portsmouth City Council
A THIRD of Portsmouth City Council’s planning committee meetings will now be dedicated solely to applications to expand HMOs - with dozens now waiting for decisions.

Plans for a 'co-living' accommodation block to replace the old Invincible pub in Portsea Picture: Chamberlain Gaunt

Portsmouth pub set to be demolished and replaced by 11-storey 'co-living' block

An aerial shot of Southsea taken by Solent Sky Services and Oliver Collins in April 2021

HMO owners told to sell up or create family homes to avoid tougher licensing

What the Mayfair Homecare building in London Road could look like as an HMO

Former home care offices in Portsmouth could become 16-bed HMO

Picture: Chris Moorhouse

'Rogue landlords' targeted by wider Portsmouth HMO licensing scheme

49 Oriel Road in North End, Portsmouth, which could be converted into an HMO.

Picture: Habibur Rahman

Portsmouth residents object to new HMO amid concerns

3 Pains Road in Southsea, which was refused permission to be converted from a six-bedroom to seven-bedroom HMO. Picture Google Maps

Controversial plans to expand an HMO in Portsmouth are refused

Plans will be considered to convert 3 Pains Road in Southsea, Portsmouth into a seven bed HMO. Picture Google Maps

Dozens object to plans to expand a Portsmouth shared home

Three bed town house. Bryher Island, Port Solent.
£510,000
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A year-long plan in Portsmouth will see some rough sleepers housed in privately rented accommodation and others in buildings with on-site support. Picture: Shutterstock

‘Once in a lifetime chance’ to end homelessness in city

Wadham Road, North End. Picture: Chris Moorhouse

Portsmouth residents object to another shared home expansion in their road

Montgomerie Road in Southsea which has almost 50 per cent HMOs. Picture: Fiona Callingham

Landlords say shared homes are 'no more a problem' than other housing in Portsmo...
LANDLORDS have hit back at claims shared homes in Portsmouth lead to problems with rubbish and anti-social behaviour, arguing they are ‘no more a problem’ than other houses.