Most of the cost and risk in an HMO is decided at the design stage. In Hall Green we start by measuring every room and checking Birmingham City Council's position on licensing and planning, then build the specification around it.
Our team is based in Great Barr, Birmingham, about 10 miles from Hall Green. That keeps survey visits, site meetings and follow-up inspections easy to arrange.
HMO rules in Birmingham City Council
| Rule | Birmingham City Council |
|---|---|
| Mandatory HMO licence (5+ people) | In force everywhere in England |
| Additional HMO licensing | In force Whole city, 5 June 2023 to 4 June 2028 |
| Selective licensing | In part of the area 25 of the city's 69 wards, 5 June 2023 to 4 June 2028 |
| Article 4 direction for small HMOs | In force Whole city, in force since 8 June 2020 |
Checked October 2026 against Birmingham City Council's HMO licensing page. Schemes change, so we confirm the position for your address before any work starts.
Birmingham City Council has an Article 4 direction across its whole area, so turning a family house in Hall Green 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. Birmingham City Council also runs additional licensing across its whole area (until 4 June 2028), so smaller HMOs with three or four people from two or more households need a licence too.
How we handle HMO loft conversion work in Hall Green
Plenty of houses have roof space that could hold extra bedrooms, but in Hall Green we always measure the headroom first, because floor under a 1.5 m ceiling does not count towards room size. That tells you how many rooms the loft can really add.
A loft room usually creates a third storey, so we plan the protected escape route and alarm upgrades for the whole Hall Green house, not just the new floor. We also check the occupant count, because seven or more residents needs planning permission anywhere in the West Midlands.
- Headroom survey and countable floor area calculation
- Alarm extended and doors upgraded on lower floors
- Updated floor plans for the licence file
- Planning and permitted development position checked first
- New staircase and protected escape route
Loft conversions for HMOs near Hall Green
- Acocks Green 1.5 miles
- Shirley 1.5 miles
- Kings Heath 2.1 miles
- Moseley 2.3 miles
- Solihull 2.8 miles
- Yardley 3.1 miles