00:01Liverpool councillors are due to review plans to tighten rules on Houses in Multiple Occupation,
00:06or HMOs. The council's cabinet backed planning controls for several areas in Liverpool,
00:11but Liverpool Democrat councillors called in the decision putting it on hold. They want restrictions
00:17extended right across the city. The proposed rules would mean smaller shared homes need
00:22planning permission before a family house can be converted. They would not ban HMOs outright,
00:28but areas included in the plans include Kirkdale, Everton, Walton, Old Swan and parts of Fazakali.
00:34A scrutiny committee will consider the decision on Thursday,
00:38with members able to uphold it or to ask executive members to think again.
