We the undersigned residents of Rugby:

• are concerned that too many family homes in the town centre are being turned into flats (Houses in Multiple Occupation - HMOs) by landlords who often do not have the community’s best interests at heart;
• note the negative effects of too many HMOs such as pressure on parking, littering, fly-tipping, anti-social behaviour, crime, noise and reducing the sense of community; and
• call upon Conservative-run Rugby Borough Council to limit the number of HMOs in the town centre by issuing an Article 4 Direction under the Planning Acts to require planning permission for all future conversions from houses to HMOs, and that such conversions will no longer be regarded as a permitted use.

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Promoted by Ish Mistry on behalf of John Slinger both at 1 Little Grove, Rugby, CV22 5NL