Response 3855844

Response to request for information

Reference

3855844

Response date

5 December 2025

Request

Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) in your local authority area.

Please provide the following data, if held, for each calendar year from 2018 to 2024 inclusive (or for as many of those years as you hold data).

If a year-by-year breakdown cannot be produced within the statutory time or cost limits, please instead provide the total figure for the entire period (2018–2024).

1. The number of HMO licence applications received.
2. The number of HMO licence applications refused.
3. The number of HMO licences revoked or suspended.
4. The number of complaints received relating to HMOs.
5. The number of inspections of HMOs carried out.
6. The number of enforcement or improvement notices issued, or prosecutions brought, relating to HMOs.
7. (If recorded) The number of unlicensed or illegal HMOs identified.

Response

1. The number of HMO licence applications received.
   • 2024 - 39
   • 2023 - 94
   • 2022 - 28
   • 2021 - 27
   • 2020 - 27
   • 2019 - 93
   • 2019 - 141
   • Total - 449
2. The number of HMO licence applications refused.
   • 1 - in 2023
3. The number of HMO licences revoked or suspended.
   • 2 - in 2024
   • 1 - in 2023
4. The number of complaints received relating to HMOs.
   • 2018 - 18
   • 2019 - 12
   • 2020 - 16
   • 2021 - 10
   • 2022 - 11
   • 2023 - 13
   • 2024 - 8
5. The number of inspections of HMOs carried out.
   • 2018 - 159
   • 2019 - 105
   • 2020 - 43
   • 2021 - 37
   • 2022 - 39
   • 2023 - 109
   • 2024 - 47
6. The number of enforcement or improvement notices issued, or prosecutions brought, relating to HMOs.
   • 2018 - 0
   • 2019 - 4
   • 2020 - 11
   • 2021 - 2
   • 2022 - 12
   • 2023 - 6
   • 2024 - 4
7. (If recorded) The number of unlicensed or illegal HMOs identified.
   • Not recorded.