HMO Reporter

The Evolving Landscape of Communities and Houses of Multiple Occupancy HMO rise → disrupts resident bonds; longtime locals sense loss. Residents—rooted in deep local ties—now face a surge of transient tenants, universities next to hospitals, and quickly shifting communal links. Stable households once stood close; now shared living schemes insert short stays, fusing family homes with temporary...

Conversion of Unused Office Space into Shared Housing Office space—unused in the town centre—receives council approval as conversion; a former bank building on Ormskirk Street now links its first floor and second floor directly to a multiple occupancy residence, its fourteen bedrooms attached closely as head and dependent. The plan, an urban adjustment, ties local authority intent to attract...

Planning Approval for New HMO Development in Hull The council approved a proposal that converts a three‐storey office building into an HMO containing 32 bedrooms. The conversion plan—where the building, the bedrooms, and the council submission all connect—came after a second submission. The site on Beverley Road in Hull, linked directly to local officials and police concerns, had first been rejected...

Unlicensed HMOs in Gravesend Face Significant Fines Gravesend, Kent, sees two unlicensed HMOs incur fines; fines total £27,500. Gravesham Borough Council acts; the landlord on Granville Road, fined £10,000, stands accountable. The managing agent on Parrock Street, fined £17,500, receives penalty. The council drives an inspection; the effort targets unlicensed properties. Landlords must secure a license;...

Plans to Convert Hove HMO into Family Home A nine‐bed house in Hove, located at 10 York Avenue and long used as an HMO since the 1970s with nine tenants, now finds itself the subject of a plan; the owner, whose submission to Brighton and Hove City Council connects each detail to a wider notion of urban re‐use, aims to reconfigure the space into a single-family residence while binding adjoining...

Understanding Council Tax on Second Homes: What Investors Need to Know Council tax and second homes occur in a network of rules. From April 2025, English second home owners face council tax increases. Legislation grants local authorities power to add a premium up to 100% on these homes. This change, mirroring measures in Scotland and Wales, seeks to free local housing by lessening second home pull in busy...

Planning Approval for Short-Term Lets in Falkirk Falkirk Council has sanctioned a conversion plan—transforming an aging garage into two confined rental units—which manifests a discernible trajectory in property conversion and residential occupancy models. Development Overview At Mary Street, Laurieston, planners initiate a transformation whereby the extant garage, entrenched behind a preexisting house...

Local Concerns Raised Over Proposed HMO Conversion in Birmingham Suburb The application claims to convert a five‐bedroom semi‐detached house. Its aim binds the house to a nine‐bedroom HMO design. The structure fixes nine en-suite rooms with a network of shared areas on Lichfield Road, connecting each detail in a tight dependency. Community Reaction Residents express marked worry. They tie the...

Plans for New HMO on Manchester Road, Bury A proposal—its root action being the transformation of a residential property on Manchester Road—asserts dependency between the existing two-storey structure and an eight-bed HMO configuration; the document specifies a loft conversion that binds a rear dormer with a front roof light and ties detailed interior renovations to the accommodation of multiple...

Planning Approval for Large HMO in Hull Proposal → transform office edifice Office edifice → become 32-bedroom multi-occupancy dwelling Location: Beverley Road, Hull Initial application → reject Resubmitted application → secure council vote (5← vs 4→) Community Concerns Approval → exist Councillors → oppose; voice community impact Police → note potential strain Residents → protest;...