South Ayrshire Local Plan
Houses In Multiple Occupation
Where a house is occupied by more than 5 unrelated people, or more than 4 for a flat, planning permission for a “House in Multiple Occupation” is required. Multiple occupancy may create pressures on amenity, particularly common areas or parking, and can increase the prospect of disturbance and nuisance. Concentrations of such uses may intensify these pressures. Town centres, where there is already a wide mixture of uses are better suited to this type of development, although other areas may be able to absorb houses in multiple occupation on a smaller scale without detriment to residential amenity.
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POLICY H19*
Within Ayr, Prestwick, Troon, Maybole and Girvan town centres a house in multiple occupation should be occupied by no more than 10 persons, or two persons per apartment, whichever is the lesser. The proportion of houses in multiple occupation in any readily identifiable street/block should not exceed 10% of the dwellings in that block. Outwith town centres the criteria will be no more than 6 persons or two per apartment, whichever is the lesser, and no more than 5% of a block.
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