Additional HMO licence process
The additional HMO licence process goes through 6 stages:
- a full application submitted with Stage 1 payment
- application risk assessed and inspection date set
- Notice of Intention sent out to applicant within 14 days
- letter sent advising of decision to grant licence
- Stage 2 payment due to be paid
- decision letter issues and then the licence is issues 7 days later
Application submission
The application must be received before Saturday 1 April 2023.
The application form will be available from Wednesday 1 February 2023. Online applications are preferred and this form should take around 45 to 60 minutes to complete. The form doesn’t have to be completed in one go, but must be fully completed before submission, including accompanying supporting documents. If the application is not fully complete, the whole application will be rejected.
Sections of the application form
There are 14 sections of the form:
- property address
- applicant details
- proposed licence holder details
- ownership details
- property manager details
- fit and proper - licence holder
- fit and proper - property manager
- property details
- occupants
- accommodation details
- heating and energy efficiency details
- gas, electrical and fire safety details
- further information
- notification and declaration
Accompanying documents and information required to complete the form
Required supporting documents include:
- gas safety certificate
- electrical safety certificate
- energy performance certificate
- written fire risk assessment
- portable appliance test certificate (for appliances supplied with the property)
- plan of the property showing room sizes and numbers of rooms
- any certificate regarding completion of relevant training
- proof of planning permission, if obtained (not a mandatory question)
Also see
Healthy and Sustainable Homes Service
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