Nottingham City Council is the licensing and planning authority for Sherwood. We confirm the house has the licence and planning status it needs before anything else.
We cover NG5 and the neighbouring postcodes, with the same approach in Sherwood as anywhere else in Nottinghamshire.
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 Sherwood into a small HMO needs planning permission. Before we take a house on, we check it has the planning status it needs. 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 maintenance work in Sherwood
Our maintenance team covers shared houses in Sherwood and across Nottinghamshire, 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 Sherwood, 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.
- Fire alarm and emergency lighting test records
- Planned maintenance schedule built around each house
- Communal area cleaning coordinated and checked
- Void works between tenancies
- Gas Safe engineers and qualified electricians for safety work
