The Houses in Multiple Occupation (Planning) Bill 2007
22nd May 2007
The Secretary of State shall make an order amending the Town and Country Planning (use classes) Order 1987 (the principal order).
In making such an order the Secretary of State shall include amendments to the principal order as specified in (3) and (4)
in Interpretation.
Add:
A person is a member of the same family as another person if:
Those persons are married to each other or live together as husband and wife (or in an equivalent relationship in the case of persons of the same sex);
One of them is a relative of the other; or
One of them is, or is a relative of, one member of a couple and the other is a relative of the other member of the couple.
For those purposes –
A “couple” means two persons who are married to each other or otherwise fall within subsection (3)(a);
“Relative” means parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, or cousin;
A relationship of the half-blood shall be treated as a relationship of the whole blood; and
The stepchild of a person shall be treated as his child.
Schedule: In the schedule part A
Schedule Part A
Statutory instrument 1987 no 764 shall be amended.
Delete class 3 dwelling houses
Insert:
“Use as a dwelling house (whether or not as a sole or main residence)
By a single person or by people living together as a family; or
By not more than four residents living together as a single household
By not more than six residents as a single household where care is provided for residents.
This order shall be laid not more than twelve months after this act is passed.