Article 4 - HMOs and Chapel Lane
An Article 4 Direction is a legal tool that gives the Council special control over development.
Houses in Multiple Occupation
In December 2011, we introduced an Article 4 Direction to control changes of use from dwellings to Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) in Ormskirk, parts of Aughton and Westhead. As a result, planning permission is needed to change from a dwelling to an HMO in these areas.
The Article 4 Direction works alongside Local Plan policy RS3: Provision of Student Accommodation. Policy RS3 limits the proportion of HMOs in the different streets within the Article 4 area, usually to 5%. Policy RS3 and the Article 4 Direction (along with the map showing the area affected) can be downloaded below.
- Download the Article 4 Direction, including map (PDF 1.14mb)
- Download Local Plan policy RS3 (PDF 396kb)
You can also download a list of streets in Ormskirk with HMOs, and the percentage of HMOs in these streets.
- Download Ormskirk HMO percentages (PDF, 26kb)
Chapel Lane, Parbold
In September 2006, we introduced an Article 4 Direction in relation to Chapel Lane, Parbold.
