Potential HMO Ban Proposed for Central Trowbridge Amid Concerns Over Overdevelopment and Parking Tuesday, October 14, 2025 trowbridge hmo planning housing overdevelopment parking council residential regulation community Wiltshire Council’s western area planning committee is considering a potential blanket ban on converting houses near central Trowbridge into Houses of Multiple Occupation (HMOs) without explicit planning permission. … Read More
Council Rejects Controversial HMO Conversion Plan in Bath Thursday, September 25, 2025 hmo bath housing planning council overdevelopment twerton sharedhousing residents localpolicy Bath and North East Somerset Council has unanimously rejected plans to convert a three-bedroom prefabricated home in Twerton into a six-bedroom house in multiple occupation (HMO). The proposal, submitted by developer Rivers … Read More
Somerset Village to See 100 New Homes Despite School Capacity Concerns Wednesday, June 18, 2025 somerset keintonmandeville development housing schoolcapacity planning traffic overdevelopment community localcouncil Plans are underway to build up to 100 new homes in the small Somerset village of Keinton Mandeville, despite mounting concerns about the capacity of the local primary school. Originally proposed in July 2022 for 120 houses by … Read More