Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs)

Subject Plan for Belfast City Council Area 2015

Latest News About the Plan: Plan Adopted on 15 December 2008
15th December 2008

Following the Independent Examination held on 1-3 October 2007 to consider objections to the Draft Plan, the Planning Appeals Commission (PAC) presented its Report to the Department on 18 March 2008.

The Department has now considered the contents of the Report and its recommendations and is publishing the adopted version of The Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) Subject Plan for Belfast City Council Area.

With the Plan, the Department is also publishing an Adoption Statement which details the Department’s consideration of the PAC Report and the resulting changes that have been made to the Plan.

Also published with the Plan are the following documents:

• PAC Report on Independent Examination
• Statement under Regulation 15 of the Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004
• Statement of Finding of No Likely Significant Effects under Regulation 64B of the Conservation (Natural Habitats, etc.) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007
• Equality Impact Assessment
• DRD Statement of General Conformity with Regional Development Strategy

Document	File Details
The Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) Subject Plan for Belfast City Council Area	1,178 KB
Plan Adoption Statement	259 KB
PAC Report on Independent Examination	120 KB
Statement under Regulation 15 of the Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004	163 KB
Statement of Finding of No Likely Significant Effects under Regulation 64B of the Conservation (Natural Habitats, etc.) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007	345 KB
Equality Impact Assessment	1,118 KB
DRD Statement of General Conformity with Regional Development Strategy	115 KB
News Release: The Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) Subject Plan for Belfast City Council Area	22 KB

Purchasing the Adopted Plan

Copies of the Adopted Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) Subject Plan for Belfast City Council 2015 and its associated documents may be inspected and/or purchased at the office below.

• Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) Subject Plan for Belfast City Council 2015, price £7.50
• Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) Subject Plan for Belfast City Council 2015 Adoption Statement, price £2.50
• Report of the Planning Appeals Commission of the Independent Examination into Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) Subject Plan for Belfast City Council 2015, price £5.00
• Statement under Regulation 15 of the Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004, price £2.50
• Statement of Finding of No Likely Significant Effects under Regulation 64B of the Conservation (Natural Habitats, etc.) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007, price £2.50
• Equality Impact Assessment, price Free of Charge

The Belfast City Council Area HMO Subject Plan maps are not available online due to their file size. To obtain these maps please contact the BMAP Team on the address below.

Plan Contacts

All enquiries and correspondence relating to the Adopted Plan should be addressed to: