Derby City Council is the licensing and planning authority for Mickleover. We check its rules for the exact street before we draw a single partition.
We'll tell you plainly if a house in Mickleover isn't suited to the number of rooms you have in mind, and what it would take to make it work.
HMO rules in Derby City Council
| Rule | Derby City Council |
|---|---|
| Mandatory HMO licence (5+ people) | In force everywhere in England |
| Additional HMO licensing | None found |
| Selective licensing | None found |
| Article 4 direction for small HMOs | In part of the area Arboretum ward and parts of seven wards inside the ring road, since 3 May 2025 |
Checked October 2026 against Derby City Council's HMO licensing page. Schemes change, so we confirm the position for your address before any work starts.
Derby City Council's Article 4 direction covers Arboretum ward and parts of the wards inside the ring road, not Mickleover, so changing a family house here into a small HMO is usually permitted development. Seven or more occupants always needs planning permission. We found no additional licensing scheme in force in Derby City Council, so the mandatory licence for five or more people is the main one to plan for.
Our HMO kitchen and bathroom service in Mickleover
We design and fit communal kitchens and shared bathrooms for HMOs in Mickleover, sized to the amenity standards the local council applies to the number of people in the house. Those standards differ between councils, so we check the current version for Mickleover before drawing anything.
Fittings for houses in Mickleover are chosen for heavy daily use: sealed worktops, wipe-clean wall panels, separate food storage and isolation valves on every fitting. Across Derbyshire, each kitchen gets the heat detection and fire blanket the fire risk assessment calls for.
- Heavy-duty units, sealed worktops and slip-resistant flooring
- Separate food storage space for each occupant
- Layout sized to your council's amenity standards
- Isolation valves on every fitting
- Heat detection and fire blanket where required
Communal kitchens and bathrooms near Mickleover
- Littleover 1.5 miles
- Derby 3 miles
- Allestree 3.4 miles
- Chaddesden 4.8 miles
- Alvaston 5.1 miles
- Burton upon Trent 7.9 miles