Llandudno...A hotel used to house the homeless sees council accused of double standards!

You don't need planning permission for a hotel to take the homeless, many do it over quiet months. The Travelodge at Colwyn Bay has been doing it for years!

The problem is that Llandudno is a dying town and there are far too many hotels and not enough clients, so hotel owners have to do something.

A council has been accused of double standards after it emerged that a bed and breakfast is being used by the authority as a house of multiple occupations (HMO) for homeless people without planning permission. Applicant Manhattan Rentals has submitted an application seeking to convert the Mayfair in Deganwy Avenue in Llandudno from a hotel to an HMO.

While the council had granted temporary permission for the building to be used as an HMO for the previous five years, this expired on July 5 this year. But the HMO is still running.

Now, Llandudno councilor Harry Saville has criticized Conwy County Council, accusing the authority of having double standards. “It’s disappointing that a building providing services for the local authority is operating without the correct planning permission in place,” he said.

“The council regularly takes enforcement action against unpermitted and inappropriate developments, and in this case, it could look as if it’s one rule for the council and one rule for everyone else. I hope that Conwy Council will look at addressing this as a priority."

Typically, HMOs house tenants who share a bathroom and toilet and are often contentious topics in planning debates. But a spokeswoman for Conwy County Council claimed that, because the planning application had been submitted, the HMO would be allowed to continue.

“Consideration of continued use of the property is currently the subject of a planning application,” she said. “The planning application for change of use was registered in early May and was therefore in the system long before the temporary use rights ceased.

"As such, it is appropriate to allow consideration of the application and await the outcome, before considering enforcement action.”

The council is currently facing a homelessness crisis. Earlier this year, figures revealed Conwy had the fourth highest number of people living in temporary accommodation in Wales

From...https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/llandudno-hotels-use-house-homeless-24564340