Birstall sits within Charnwood Borough Council, which sets its own HMO standards for room sizes, kitchens and bathrooms. Our designs start from those standards, so the layout we price is designed to meet the council's licensing requirements.
You get one point of contact for the whole job, a fixed price for the agreed specification and a written programme showing when each stage happens.
HMO rules in Charnwood Borough Council
| Rule | Charnwood Borough Council |
|---|---|
| Mandatory HMO licence (5+ people) | In force everywhere in England |
| Additional HMO licensing | In force Whole borough, 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2028 |
| Selective licensing | In part of the area Hastings and Lemyngton wards in Loughborough, 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2028 |
| Article 4 direction for small HMOs | In part of the area Loughborough, since 12 February 2012 |
Checked October 2026 against Charnwood Borough Council's HMO licensing page. Schemes change, so we confirm the position for your address before any work starts.
Charnwood Borough Council's Article 4 direction covers Loughborough, not Birstall, so changing a family house here into a small HMO is usually permitted development. Seven or more occupants always needs planning permission. Charnwood Borough Council also runs additional licensing across its whole area (until 31 March 2028), so smaller HMOs with three or four people from two or more households need a licence too.
HMO fire safety works in Birstall: what we do
We carry out HMO fire safety works in Birstall to a written specification taken from the fire risk assessment and the local council's HMO standards. That keeps the work proportionate, because a small two-storey house and a large three-storey one in Birstall rarely need the same measures.
Typical jobs in Birstall include fire doors with self-closers, interlinked alarms, emergency lighting and fire stopping of hidden gaps. Every job across Leicestershire ends with commissioning certificates, photos of concealed work and a logbook for routine tests.
- Fire stopping around pipes, cables, hatches and cupboards
- Commissioning certificates, logbook and photos of concealed work
- Fire doors fitted with self-closers, seals and correct gaps
- Mains-wired interlinked smoke and heat detection
- Specification taken from the fire risk assessment and council standards
HMO fire safety works near Birstall
- Belgrave 1.2 miles
- Stoneygate 1.8 miles
- Humberstone 1.8 miles
- Syston 2.4 miles
- Glenfield 3.6 miles
- Knighton 4.1 miles