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HMO Article 4 in Nottingham
Do you need planning permission to turn a family home into a small HMO in Nottingham? What the council's own direction says, with dates, the map and the source.
Yes. The whole of Nottingham is covered by an HMO Article 4 direction.
whole city: council states planning permission is needed to convert a family dwelling to a 3-6 person HMO in the Nottingham area Converting a family home (use class C3) to a small HMO of 3 to 6 people (class C4) needs full planning permission anywhere in Nottingham.
Council page gives no dates; the sealed direction PDF is an image scan (not text-extractable). Third parties report in force 11 March 2012, not confirmed from a council page.
Check an exact postcode
A direction can cover part of a council, and the national dataset is incomplete. This asks the planning data service for the exact point and falls back to the council's own statement.
Licensing in Nottingham
Mandatory HMO licence: 5 or more people forming 2 or more households sharing facilities.
Additional licensing: yes, whole district (from 1 January 2024).
Selective licensing: yes, named areas: designated area covering over 30,000 privately rented homes (not whole city); check via council MyProperty tool (from 1 December 2023).
What an Article 4 direction means
HMO Article 4 directions remove the permitted-development right to convert a family home (C3) to a small HMO (C4, 3 to 6 people). Inside one, that conversion needs full planning permission. Councils may also run additional licensing (smaller HMOs) or selective licensing (all private rentals) in designated areas. Planning permission and licensing are separate: a licence does not grant planning permission, and permission does not remove the need for a licence.
Sources: Nottingham council, planning.data.gov.uk Article 4 direction areas, gov.uk HMO licensing. Indicative; confirm with the council before you offer.