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Additional HMO Licensing
The Housing Act 2004 provided for mandatory licensing of larger
HMOs in Englamd and Wales. Statutory Instruments 2006 371,
372
and 373,
which put Part 2 of the Housing Act into effect, were laid before
Parliament on 22 February 2006, and mandatory licensing of HMOs
in England began on 6 April 2006. It applies to all HMOs comprising
three or more storeys and five or more occupants.
The Housing Act also provided for discretionary additional licensing
of other smaller HMOs. In November 2006, CLG published Approval
steps for additional and selective licensing designations in England.
Peterborough City Council was the first local authority to introduce
additional HMO licensing, when its designation
came into effect on 1 July 2009.
The Minister for Housing & Planning, John Healey
MP, announced a consultation on delegating discretionary
licensing to local authorities, General
consents for licensing schemes under Parts 2 and 3 of the Housing
Act 2004 on 27 Januey 2010, and on 1 April 2010, the Minister
announced
just such a general consent.
In Scotland, all HMOs are subject to licensing. In Northern Ireland,
licensing applies to all large HMOs (ten or more occupants), and
all those in five designates areas.
Additional HMO Licensing has now been adopted by a number of Local
Housing Authorities in England and Wales.
ENGLAND
Bath & North East Somerset Council, Additional
HMO Licensing in three wards, effective 21 June 2013 [see also
Local HMO Plans]
Bournemouth Borough Council, Additional
HMO Licensing in designated areas, under consultation, July-September
2012 [see also Local HMO Plans]
Brent Council, consulting on Additional
HMO Licensing throughout the Borough, and on Selective Licensing
in three wards, until 10 March 2014.
Brighton & Hove City Council, proposed Additional
HMO Licensing in designated area, consulting March 2012 [see
also Local HMO Plans]
London Borough of Croydon, borough-wide Additional
HMO Licensing, 24 August 2010
Durham County Council, City of Durham, consulting
on Additional
HMO Licensing, March-May 2012 [see also Local
HMO Plans]
London Borough of Ealing, Additional
HMO Licensing, for designated HMOs in designated area, 19 April
2010.
Exeter City Council, consulting on Additional
HMO Licensing [see also Local HMO
Plans]
Haringey Council, Additional
HMO Licensing in designated area, 1 October 2011.
Harlow Council, Additional HMO Licensing throughout
the district, due to come into effect 15 April 2015.
Hastings Borough Council, Additional
HMO Licensing, in designated area, 19 September 2011 [see also
Local HMO Plans]
Herefordshire Council, Additional
HMO Licensing, 6 April 2006-6 April 2009, the development of
a replacement is underway.
London Borough of Hillingdon, borough-wide Additional
HMO Licensing [see also Local HMO
Plans]
London Borough of Hounslow, Additional
HMO Licensing, for designated HMOs in designated areas, 15 October
2009.
Islington Council, Additional
HMO Licensing for Caledonian Road and Holloway Road, 1 September
2015.
Royal Borough of Kingston, consulting on Additional
HMO Licensing, May 2012.
Newham Council, Additional
HMO Licencing, as well as Selective Licensing, covering all
private rented property in the Borough, 1 January 2013.
Northampton Borough Council, Additional
HMO Licensing in a designated area, effective 3 November 2014.
Nottingham City Council, Additional
HMO Licensing in a designated area, introduced 1 January 2014;
a High Court judge, at a hearing on 12 March 2015, has thrown out
a legal challenge made by a group of landlords to the licensing
scheme (aimed at improving the quality of private rented accommodation
in Nottingham). [see also Local HMO
Plans]
Oxford City Council, city-wide Additional
HMO Licensing, 30 January 2012 [see also Local
HMO Plans]
Peterborough City Council, Additional
HMO Licensing, in designated area, 1 July 2009.
Southampton City Council, Additional
HMO Licensing in four wards, 1 July 2013, extended to a fifth
ward, 20 October 2015
Winchester City Council, consulting on Additional
HMO Licensing, in designated area, 2011.
WALES
Cardiff Council, Cathays
Additional HMO Licensing, 1 July 2010.
Ceredigion County Council, county-wide Additional
HMO Licensing, 1 April 2009.
Vale of Glamorgan Council, consulting on Additional
HMO Licensing, January-March 2012.
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough
Council, county-wide Additional
HMO Licensing, 24 July 2009.
City & County of Swansea, Addional
HMO Licensing in two wards, January 2009.
Wrexham County Borough Council, county-wide Additional
HMO Licensing, 1 Novemver 2011.
National HMO Lobby, May 2012
National HMO Lobby
email: hmolobby@hotmail.com
website: www.hmolobby.org.uk
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