Charnwood Borough Council is the licensing and planning authority for Shepshed. We confirm the house has the licence and planning status it needs before anything else.
Our team is based in Great Barr, Birmingham, about 30 miles from Shepshed, which keeps inspections and property visits easy to arrange.
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 Shepshed, 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.
Our HMO maintenance service in Shepshed
Our maintenance team covers shared houses in Shepshed and across Leicestershire, carrying out planned work, repairs and void works. We log every report and agree a priority with the owner, so safety items such as fire doors, alarms and heating are dealt with ahead of routine jobs.
For HMOs in Shepshed, we keep fire alarm and emergency lighting test records, certificates and repair notes in one property file, ready if the local council inspects the house or asks for evidence that the licence conditions are being met.
- Gas Safe engineers and qualified electricians for safety work
- Void works between tenancies
- Reactive repairs logged and given an agreed priority
- Communal area cleaning coordinated and checked
- Fire alarm and emergency lighting test records
HMO maintenance and repairs near Shepshed
- Loughborough 3.8 miles
- Coalville 4.5 miles
- Ashby-de-la-Zouch 7.1 miles
- Glenfield 9.1 miles
- Long Eaton 9.2 miles
- Birstall 10 miles