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FOI request (FOIR-768957988)
HMO Licensing, Complaints and Enforcement Data (2018–2024)
Requested Thu 27 November 2025
Responded Fri 12 December 2025I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 relating to 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
Please see attached document, where possible we have included both Mandatory HMO licensing and Additional HMO Licensing statistics. The Additional HMO designation within the borough ran from 04/05/2018 – 03/05/2023
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