The Isle of Wight Council has been criticised for allowing too many houses of multiple occupancies (HMOs) so close together, with Sandown being a hotspot.
Cllr Lightfoot said there was a lot of unrest and ill feeling about the most recent Two Saints property which does not qualify as an HMO because it is classed .
The council’s clerks will now prepare two proposed budgets - One with a precept increase in line with rising costs and the other with a precept increase at a greater .