A financial adviser has threatened to take a legal challenge against Belfast City Council for refusing an application for a student-type HMO licence in the Holylands.
At the recent Belfast City Council Licensing Committee meeting, elected representatives refused an application for a new licence to operate a House of Multiple Occupation for Apartment 2, 14 Fitzroy Avenue, Belfast. The licence was refused on the basis of overprovision, as recommended by council officers.
The applicant was Arthur Dodds, finance adviser and director of his own independent financial advice company. Mr Dodds previously had an HMO licence on the property which expired on August 14, 2019. The decision will mean the flat will have to be reduced from a three person to a two person apartment.
