Mickleover sits within Derby City Council, which sets its own HMO standards for room sizes, kitchens and bathrooms. We check a house against those standards before we let rooms or rely on any figures.
We'll tell you plainly if a house in Mickleover isn't suited to the arrangement 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.
How we handle HMO management work in Mickleover
Our HMO management in Mickleover covers the whole cycle of a shared house: letting rooms, collecting rent, arranging repairs and keeping the licence conditions and certificates in date. We check the local council's licensing scheme for the address before taking a house on, because conditions vary across Derbyshire.
For owners in Mickleover, we can also help with registration on the PRS Database, which is due to open region by region from 15 December 2026, starting in the West Midlands, subject to Parliament approving the regulations. Repairs are handled by our own maintenance team.
- Repairs by our own maintenance team
- Management Regulations 2006 duties carried out day to day
- Compliance diary for licence conditions, gas, EICR and alarms
- Regular inspections of rooms and common parts
- Room advertising, viewings, referencing and tenancy set-up
HMO management 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