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Consideration was given to recommendation HP 23/38 of the
Housing and Planning Scrutiny Select Committee of 14 December 2023
in respect of fee charges for HMO and Caravan Site Licensing for
2024/25.
 
Due
regard was given to the views of the Scrutiny Select Committee,
financial and value for money considerations and legal
implications.   Following a review
of administrative costs associated with charging for HMO and
caravan site licences, proposals for revised charges were detailed
in the report considered by the Scrutiny Select
Committee.  Cabinet welcomed the data
from neighbouring Kent authorities for comparison.
 
RESOLVED:  That with effect from 1 April 2024
 

(1)        the proposed
charge of £753 for processing a new mandatory house in
multiple occupation (HMO) licence application, as set out in 1.1.5
of the report, be approved;
 

(2)        the proposed
charge of £675 for processing a renewal application for a
mandatory HMO licence, as set out in 1.1.5 of the report, be
approved;
 

(3)        the proposed
charge of £475 for processing a new caravan site licence
application where the use of the site was for permanent residential
use, as set out in 1.2.3 of the report, be approved;
 

(4)        the proposed
charge of £232 for the transfer of a caravan site licence for
a permanent residential use site, as set out in 1.2.3 of the
report, be approved; and
 

(5)        the proposed
charge of £273 for processing a fit and proper person test
application for licence holders of relevant protected sites other
than non-commercial family occupied sites, as set out in 1.2.7 of
the report, be approved.