HMO fire safety works in Oswestry

Shropshire Council is the licensing and planning authority for Oswestry. We check its rules for the exact street before we draw a single partition.

We'll tell you plainly if a house in Oswestry isn't suited to the number of rooms you have in mind, and what it would take to make it work.

HMO rules in Shropshire Council

Checked October 2026 against Shropshire Council's HMO licensing page. Schemes change, so we confirm the position for your address before any work starts.

We couldn't confirm Shropshire Council's Article 4 position from its own website, so we check it with the council for the address. Seven or more occupants always needs planning permission. We couldn't confirm whether Shropshire Council runs additional licensing, so we check with the council for the address.

HMO fire safety works for Oswestry landlords

We carry out HMO fire safety works in Oswestry 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 Oswestry rarely need the same measures.

Typical jobs in Oswestry include fire doors with self-closers, interlinked alarms, emergency lighting and fire stopping of hidden gaps. Every job across Shropshire ends with commissioning certificates, photos of concealed work and a logbook for routine tests.

• Commissioning certificates, logbook and photos of concealed work
• Emergency lighting where the escape route needs it
• Fire doors fitted with self-closers, seals and correct gaps
• Fire stopping around pipes, cables, hatches and cupboards
• Mains-wired interlinked smoke and heat detection

HMO fire safety works near Oswestry

• Shrewsbury 16.4 miles
• Whitchurch 17.1 miles
• Market Drayton 23.7 miles
• Wellington 25.1 miles
• Oakengates 27.8 miles
• Dawley 28.1 miles