Licensing records
Follow council HMO licensing sources with a clear record of when their links were last checked.
AN INDEPENDENT UK HOUSING RESOURCE
Know your
neighbourhood.
Local housing questions deserve clear answers. Explore official HMO licensing and planning resources, see council coverage and help improve the record.
● Council sources first. No rumours. No resident profiles.
—councils with published HMO totals
—official sources registered
—source URLs responding
Coverage is expanding. A missing council record does not establish an unlicensed property.
01 / EXPLOREFind your
Find your
local picture.
Real council-level HMO figures from official 2024–25 statistics. Search a town or postcode and zoom to its council area.
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YOUR LOCAL HMO ● OFFICIAL HMO TOTALS
Start with Salford.Select a coloured council area for official HMO estimates and licensing counts.
02 / THE METHODNo rumours.
No rumours.
Just sources.
We keep licensing, planning decisions and community feedback separate. Each information source is checked and dated.
Planning information
Find official planning searches and understand the difference between permission and occupation.
Ongoing checks
Scheduled source monitoring catches broken links and document changes. Data still needs verification.
03 / COMMUNITY INPUTSomething
Something
we should check?
Send us a licensing, planning or standards question. Reports stay confidential and are never automatically pinned to the map.
04 / GUIDES & SOURCESUnderstand the
Understand the
HMO evidence.
Clear explanations of licensing, planning applications and dated council evidence, including our Salford coverage. All guides use public information and link to official sources.
What is an HMO?
Shared housing and large HMO definitions in England.
HMO licensing explained
Mandatory, additional and selective licensing are not interchangeable.
Salford HMO guide
Historical licence extracts, planning and current scheme dates.
Planning vs licensing
Applications and adverts are not evidence of current occupation.
Our evidence method
Source dates, verification and why we do not publish resident profiles.
Licensing and planning records do not identify who lives in a property. Planning approval does not confirm that an HMO is operating. This independent directory is not affiliated with a council or government department.
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