Nottingham City Council is the licensing and planning authority for Bilborough. We check its rules for the exact street before we draw a single partition.
We'll tell you plainly if a house in Bilborough isn't suited to the number of rooms you have in mind, and what it would take to make it work.
HMO rules in Nottingham City Council
| Rule | Nottingham City Council |
|---|---|
| Mandatory HMO licence (5+ people) | In force everywhere in England |
| Additional HMO licensing | In force Whole city, 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2028 |
| Selective licensing | In part of the area Some or all of 15 wards, 1 December 2023 to 30 November 2028 |
| Article 4 direction for small HMOs | In force Whole city, since 11 March 2012 |
Checked October 2026 against Nottingham City Council's HMO licensing page. Schemes change, so we confirm the position for your address before any work starts.
Nottingham City Council has an Article 4 direction across its whole area, so turning a family house in Bilborough into a small HMO needs planning permission. We prepare the planning application before any conversion work starts. Seven or more occupants always needs planning permission. Nottingham City Council also runs additional licensing across its whole area (until 31 December 2028), so smaller HMOs with three or four people from two or more households need a licence too.
How we handle HMO kitchen and bathroom work in Bilborough
We design and fit communal kitchens and shared bathrooms for HMOs in Bilborough, 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 Bilborough before drawing anything.
Fittings for houses in Bilborough are chosen for heavy daily use: sealed worktops, wipe-clean wall panels, separate food storage and isolation valves on every fitting. Across Nottinghamshire, each kitchen gets the heat detection and fire blanket the fire risk assessment calls for.
- Extract ventilation and certified electrical work
- Separate food storage space for each occupant
- Isolation valves on every fitting
- Heavy-duty units, sealed worktops and slip-resistant flooring
- Layout sized to your council's amenity standards
Communal kitchens and bathrooms near Bilborough
- Lenton 1.9 miles
- Bulwell 2.4 miles
- Basford 2.4 miles
- Nottingham 2.7 miles
- Sherwood 2.8 miles
- Stapleford 3.3 miles