Search the largest free database of active licensed HMOs

Licence data from councils accounting for 95% of HMO licences in the latest available official statistics.*

Licence records include type, permitted occupancy, room details and dates where published by the council, and the planning applications at the address. Searching is free and needs no account.

Data also available via Plota's API for integrated workflows.

CamdenFilters
3,316 active HMO licences in Camden
  1. 13 Loveridge Mews NW6 2DP MandatoryPlanning here 6 bedrooms3 storeys Since Feb 2026 · Expires Feb 2031
  2. 60A Belsize Lane NW3 5AR MandatoryExpired 7 bedrooms4 storeys Since Nov 2024 · Ended Nov 2025
  3. Flat 4, 44 Goldhurst Terrace NW6 3HT AdditionalExpires in 15 days 4 people3 bedrooms4 storeys Since Oct 2021 · Expires Oct 2026
  4. 132-134 Finchley Road NW3 5HS Mandatory 38 people Since Feb 2026 · Expires Feb 2028
  5. Flat 1st Floor, 71 Aberdare Gardens NW6 3AN Additional 5 people3 bedrooms4 storeys Since Aug 2024 · Expires Aug 2029
  6. 20 Howitt Road NW3 4LL Mandatory 7 people6 bedrooms4 storeys Since Feb 2026 · Expires Feb 2031
  7. Flat 1st And 2nd Floor, 4 Lambolle Place NW3 4PD Mandatory 9 people6 bedrooms3 storeys Since Sep 2022 · Expires Sep 2027
  8. 60 Holmdale Road NW6 1BL Mandatory 12 people9 bedrooms4 storeys Since Jul 2023 · Expires Jul 2028
CamdenPublic register of licensed HMOs
AddressLicencePeopleExpires
13 Loveridge MewsMandatory09/02/2031
60A Belsize LaneMandatoryApplied
Flat 4, 44 Goldhurst TerraceAdditional418/10/2026
132-134 Finchley RoadMandatory3810/02/2028
Flat 1st Floor, 71 Aberdare GardensAdditional512/08/2029
20 Howitt RoadMandatory708/02/2031
Flat 1st And 2nd Floor, 4 Lambolle PlaceMandatory920/09/2027
60 Holmdale RoadMandatory1217/07/2028
$ curl https://api.plota.co.uk/v1/hmo-licences/37821200 OK"licence_type": "mandatory", "bedrooms": 6,"storeys": 3, "licence_expiry": "2031-02-09"

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NG7, NottinghamFilters 1
1,518 active HMO licences in NG75+ occupants
  1. 7 Kimbolton Avenue NG7 1PS Mandatory 6 people6 households Since Aug 2026 · Expires Aug 2030
  2. 21 Priory Street NG7 2NX Mandatory 7 people7 households Since Aug 2026 · Expires Mar 2031
  3. Flat 2, 15a Arthur Street NG7 4DW Additional 5 people5 households Since Jul 2026 · Expires Aug 2030
  4. 31 Lenton Boulevard NG7 2ET Mandatory 6 people6 households Since Aug 2026 · Expires Nov 2029
  5. 16 Burns Street NG7 4DT Mandatory 8 people8 households Since Jun 2026 · Expires Nov 2030
  6. 62 Park Road NG7 1JG Mandatory 9 people9 households Since Jul 2026 · Expires Jun 2030
Find with filters

Active HMO licences in NG7, Nottingham, for 5 or more occupants.

1,518 of 2,250 in NG7

One record format for licences from any council

Every record carries the same fields, left empty where a council's register does not give one. Occupancy and rooms, where published, are numbers; licence types use the same words; and each date says whether the register gave the day, the month or only the year.

  1. City of Edinburgh6,320 active licences
  2. Bristol5,533 active licences
  3. Haringey5,255 active licences
  4. Tower Hamlets5,039 active licences
council
bristol
address
Flat 2, 21-22 Berkeley Square, Clifton, Bristol
postcode
BS8 1HP
licence_type
mandatory
licence_start
2026-07-14to the day
licence_expiry
2031-07-13to the day
max_occupants
7

Active licences on the map, expired ones under Filters

A licence counts as expired once its expiry date passes, even if the register still lists it as licensed. Expired and revoked licences, and selective licences for rented homes that are not HMOs, appear on the map when you choose them in Filters.

What counts as active

G12, Glasgow CityFilters 1
718 licences in G12, Glasgow CityAny status
  1. Md, 53 Kersland Street, Glasgow G12 8BS HMO licence 6 people6 bedrooms Since Oct 2025 · Expires Sep 2028
  2. Flat 105, 8 Gibson Street, Glasgow G12 8SY HMO licenceExpired 5 people5 bedrooms Since Oct 2023 · Ended Sep 2026
  3. Flat 2/1, 17 Highburgh Road, Glasgow G12 9YF HMO licenceApplied for 3 people3 bedrooms Since Oct 2025
  4. Flat 1/2, 50 Gibson Street, Glasgow G12 8NW HMO licenceRevoked 4 people4 bedrooms Since Jan 2021
  5. Flat 1/1, 65 Bank Street, Glasgow G12 8LZ HMO licence 4 people4 bedrooms Since Apr 2024 · Expires Mar 2027
  6. Flat 0/2, 18 Bank Street, Glasgow G12 8JQ HMO licence 7 people7 bedrooms Since Feb 2024 · Expires Jan 2027

Checked against the official statistics council by council

The councils we cover account for 95% of HMO licences in the latest available official statistics.* England's figure counts mandatory licences only, so a council with its own scheme for smaller HMOs lists more licences than its official count.

Each council's count

  1. City of EdinburghScotland6,320
  2. BristolEngland5,533
  3. HaringeyEngland5,255
  4. Tower HamletsEngland5,039
  5. SouthwarkEngland4,627

Licensed HMOs on one map, from a city down to its street

Where licensed HMOs concentrate in Newcastle upon Tyne
A street in Portsmouth, with one licence's card open

The same licences through the API for your database, CRM or GIS

Records add the point's coordinates and how exact they are, the ONS district code, and the dates we first and last read the licence on its register, where we hold them.

A call can ask for a council, a postcode, a radius or a box, with the map's filters, and a cursor pages through a whole register. No personal details are served.

Get an API keyRead the documentation
1import requests23r = requests.get(4    "https://api.plota.co.uk/v1/hmo-licences",5    params={"postcode": "G12", "limit": 3, "total": 1},6    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer plota_..."},7)8data = r.json()9print(data["meta"]["total"], "licences")10for lic in data["data"]:11    print(lic["address"], lic["max_occupants"])
zsh
$ python hmo_licences.py423 licencesFlat 2/1, 16 Gibson Street, Glasgow 3Flat 2/2, 23 Ruthven Street, Glasgow 3Flat 0/2, 62 Great George Street, Glasgow 4

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Councils and their active licences

  1. City of EdinburghScotland 6,320 active
  2. BristolEngland 5,533 active
  3. HaringeyEngland 5,255 active
  4. Tower HamletsEngland 5,039 active
  5. SouthwarkEngland 4,627 active
  6. LambethEngland 3,699 active
  7. Newcastle upon TyneEngland 3,672 active
  8. CoventryEngland 3,641 active
  9. CardiffWales 3,619 active
  10. NewhamEngland 3,441 active
  11. CamdenEngland 3,316 active
  12. Hammersmith and FulhamEngland 3,316 active
  13. NottinghamEngland 3,300 active
  14. PortsmouthEngland 3,089 active
  15. BelfastNorthern Ireland 2,903 active
  16. OxfordEngland 2,898 active
  17. Brighton and HoveEngland 2,854 active
  18. Glasgow CityScotland 2,844 active
  19. LiverpoolEngland 2,788 active
  20. HackneyEngland 2,709 active
  21. LeedsEngland 2,615 active
  22. ManchesterEngland 2,370 active
  23. YorkEngland 2,341 active
  24. SouthamptonEngland 2,192 active
  25. WestminsterEngland 2,098 active
  26. WandsworthEngland 1,949 active
  27. EalingEngland 1,703 active
  28. SwanseaWales 1,672 active
  29. BarnetEngland 1,605 active
  30. IslingtonEngland 1,520 active
  31. GreenwichEngland 1,486 active
  32. Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleEngland 1,462 active
  33. SheffieldEngland 1,406 active
  34. ExeterEngland 1,379 active
  35. Dundee CityScotland 1,285 active
  36. BirminghamEngland 1,280 active
  37. HounslowEngland 1,263 active
  38. ReadingEngland 1,204 active
  39. LewishamEngland 1,164 active
  40. CharnwoodEngland 1,162 active
  41. Bath and North East SomersetEngland 1,130 active
  42. FifeScotland 1,061 active
  43. WarwickEngland 1,054 active
  44. HarrowEngland 1,046 active
  45. EnfieldEngland 1,016 active
  46. County DurhamEngland 989 active
  47. Aberdeen CityScotland 973 active
  48. West NorthamptonshireEngland 964 active
  49. BrentEngland 939 active
  50. NorwichEngland 904 active
  51. CambridgeEngland 885 active
  52. Kensington and ChelseaEngland 870 active
  53. DerbyEngland 855 active
  54. LeicesterEngland 848 active
  55. Waltham ForestEngland 811 active
  56. South GloucestershireEngland 810 active
  57. MertonEngland 714 active
  58. GuildfordEngland 671 active
  59. WorcesterEngland 657 active
  60. CanterburyEngland 656 active
  61. CroydonEngland 654 active
  62. SalfordEngland 648 active
  63. LincolnEngland 577 active
  64. CornwallEngland 571 active
  65. BedfordEngland 570 active
  66. North NorthamptonshireEngland 558 active
  67. LancasterEngland 541 active
  68. PeterboroughEngland 523 active
  69. Rhondda Cynon TafWales 519 active
  70. SomersetEngland 513 active
  71. Milton KeynesEngland 498 active
  72. SandwellEngland 494 active
  73. Stoke-on-TrentEngland 482 active
  74. DoncasterEngland 461 active
  75. HillingdonEngland 458 active
  76. SloughEngland 452 active
  77. BuckinghamshireEngland 436 active
  78. Welwyn HatfieldEngland 428 active
  79. LutonEngland 414 active
  80. CeredigionWales 410 active
  81. Kingston upon ThamesEngland 409 active
  82. SwindonEngland 406 active
  83. RunnymedeEngland 403 active
  84. CheltenhamEngland 381 active
  85. NewportWales 358 active
  86. ArunEngland 354 active
  87. BradfordEngland 342 active
  88. WinchesterEngland 337 active
  89. GloucesterEngland 336 active
  90. Southend-on-SeaEngland 333 active
  91. BromleyEngland 329 active
  92. WatfordEngland 323 active
  93. HighlandScotland 317 active
  94. HaveringEngland 307 active
  95. PrestonEngland 307 active
  96. RedbridgeEngland 303 active
  97. BasildonEngland 300 active
  98. ColchesterEngland 297 active
  99. BexleyEngland 287 active
  100. SuttonEngland 286 active
  101. BroxtoweEngland 283 active
  102. KirkleesEngland 272 active
  103. HarlowEngland 262 active
  104. CrawleyEngland 261 active
  105. Cheshire EastEngland 247 active
  106. WarringtonEngland 245 active
  107. Derry City and StrabaneNorthern Ireland 243 active
  108. Telford and WrekinEngland 242 active
  109. IpswichEngland 234 active
  110. EastbourneEngland 231 active
  111. CherwellEngland 225 active
  112. RushmoorEngland 224 active
  113. StevenageEngland 220 active
  114. ChelmsfordEngland 215 active
  115. WiganEngland 208 active
  116. Causeway Coast and GlensNorthern Ireland 203 active
  117. MedwayEngland 199 active
  118. HertsmereEngland 195 active
  119. RushcliffeEngland 194 active
  120. WrexhamWales 193 active
  121. North YorkshireEngland 192 active
  122. DenbighshireWales 189 active
  123. BarnsleyEngland 187 active
  124. WorthingEngland 186 active
  125. AshfordEngland 182 active
  126. RugbyEngland 182 active
  127. SeftonEngland 182 active
  128. SpelthorneEngland 182 active
  129. North East LincolnshireEngland 180 active
  130. WakefieldEngland 179 active
  131. CumberlandEngland 171 active
  132. TamesideEngland 171 active
  133. MansfieldEngland 167 active
  134. WirralEngland 165 active
  135. GatesheadEngland 164 active
  136. Bracknell ForestEngland 163 active
  137. ChichesterEngland 160 active
  138. ThurrockEngland 160 active
  139. MaidstoneEngland 154 active
  140. Westmorland and FurnessEngland 150 active
  141. Barking and DagenhamEngland 148 active
  142. DacorumEngland 147 active
  143. TorbayEngland 144 active
  144. WokingEngland 138 active
  145. WiltshireEngland 136 active
  146. HastingsEngland 134 active
  147. AshfieldEngland 127 active
  148. Richmond upon ThamesEngland 126 active
  149. StockportEngland 123 active
  150. BostonEngland 120 active
  151. DudleyEngland 119 active
  152. RochdaleEngland 117 active
  153. GraveshamEngland 116 active
  154. Dumfries and GallowayScotland 113 active
  155. North West LeicestershireEngland 112 active
  156. Epsom and EwellEngland 109 active
  157. HerefordshireEngland 108 active
  158. DorsetEngland 106 active
  159. Cheshire West and ChesterEngland 104 active
  160. South CambridgeshireEngland 104 active
  161. West SuffolkEngland 104 active
  162. WokinghamEngland 104 active
  163. SolihullEngland 99 active
  164. DartfordEngland 96 active
  165. East HertfordshireEngland 95 active
  166. RedditchEngland 95 active
  167. FenlandEngland 93 active
  168. East StaffordshireEngland 92 active
  169. South HollandEngland 92 active
  170. OldhamEngland 91 active
  171. St. HelensEngland 91 active
  172. Vale of White HorseEngland 90 active
  173. EastleighEngland 89 active
  174. North SomersetEngland 89 active
  175. RenfrewshireScotland 88 active
  176. Basingstoke and DeaneEngland 84 active
  177. BlackpoolEngland 81 active
  178. WaverleyEngland 78 active
  179. Scottish BordersScotland 77 active
  180. ThanetEngland 77 active
  181. Surrey HeathEngland 76 active
  182. TraffordEngland 76 active
  183. Perth and KinrossScotland 74 active
  184. St AlbansEngland 74 active
  185. BassetlawEngland 72 active
  186. North DevonEngland 70 active
  187. WalsallEngland 70 active
  188. DoverEngland 68 active
  189. BroxbourneEngland 67 active
  190. ErewashEngland 67 active
  191. Great YarmouthEngland 67 active
  192. Tunbridge WellsEngland 67 active
  193. Central BedfordshireEngland 66 active
  194. Epping ForestEngland 65 active
  195. ChesterfieldEngland 64 active
  196. East LindseyEngland 64 active
  197. TamworthEngland 61 active
  198. WychavonEngland 61 active
  199. Folkestone and HytheEngland 60 active
  200. Armagh City, Banbridge and CraigavonNorthern Ireland 58 active
  201. Isle of WightEngland 56 active
  202. West LothianScotland 56 active
  203. RotherhamEngland 55 active
  204. Windsor and MaidenheadEngland 54 active
  205. Newcastle-under-LymeEngland 53 active
  206. South OxfordshireEngland 53 active
  207. East LothianScotland 52 active
  208. CalderdaleEngland 50 active
  209. North HertfordshireEngland 50 active
  210. BrentwoodEngland 49 active
  211. Amber ValleyEngland 46 active
  212. East SuffolkEngland 46 active
  213. CotswoldEngland 45 active
  214. TeignbridgeEngland 45 active
  215. Stratford-on-AvonEngland 44 active
  216. Test ValleyEngland 43 active
  217. Argyll and ButeScotland 42 active
  218. BraintreeEngland 42 active
  219. GosportEngland 42 active
  220. HuntingdonshireEngland 41 active
  221. NorthumberlandEngland 41 active
  222. South RibbleEngland 39 active
  223. Mid SussexEngland 38 active
  224. Cannock ChaseEngland 37 active
  225. East DevonEngland 37 active
  226. BuryEngland 35 active
  227. DarlingtonEngland 35 active
  228. ElmbridgeEngland 34 active
  229. West OxfordshireEngland 34 active
  230. South KestevenEngland 33 active
  231. TandridgeEngland 33 active
  232. Wyre ForestEngland 33 active
  233. North LincolnshireEngland 29 active
  234. East DunbartonshireScotland 28 active
  235. HaltonEngland 28 active
  236. HartEngland 28 active
  237. FarehamEngland 27 active
  238. North WarwickshireEngland 27 active
  239. BridgendWales 26 active
  240. South HamsEngland 26 active
  241. Tonbridge and MallingEngland 26 active
  242. East CambridgeshireEngland 25 active
  243. UttlesfordEngland 25 active
  244. AdurEngland 24 active
  245. Forest of DeanEngland 24 active
  246. RossendaleEngland 24 active
  247. ChorleyEngland 23 active
  248. HyndburnEngland 22 active
  249. Mid UlsterNorthern Ireland 21 active
  250. MorayScotland 21 active
  251. Newark and SherwoodEngland 21 active
  252. RotherEngland 21 active
  253. BolsoverEngland 20 active
  254. SevenoaksEngland 20 active
  255. SwaleEngland 19 active
  256. East HampshireEngland 18 active
  257. North NorfolkEngland 18 active
  258. South Norfolk and Broadland CouncilsEngland 18 active
  259. StroudEngland 18 active
  260. Castle PointEngland 17 active
  261. Antrim and NewtownabbeyNorthern Ireland 15 active
  262. Newry, Mourne and DownNorthern Ireland 15 active
  263. AngusScotland 14 active
  264. FlintshireWales 14 active
  265. Isles of ScillyEngland 14 active
  266. CarmarthenshireWales 13 active
  267. Three RiversEngland 13 active
  268. WealdenEngland 13 active
  269. Ards and North DownNorthern Ireland 12 active
  270. Mid and East AntrimNorthern Ireland 12 active
  271. Mid DevonEngland 12 active
  272. BromsgroveEngland 11 active
  273. HarboroughEngland 11 active
  274. Malvern HillsEngland 11 active
  275. ClackmannanshireScotland 10 active
  276. East AyrshireScotland 10 active
  277. LichfieldEngland 10 active
  278. RochfordEngland 10 active
  279. TewkesburyEngland 10 active
  280. TorridgeEngland 10 active
  281. BlabyEngland 9 active
  282. Isle of AngleseyWales 9 active
  283. North AyrshireScotland 9 active
  284. Ribble ValleyEngland 9 active
  285. Babergh Mid SuffolkEngland 8 active
  286. HartlepoolEngland 8 active
  287. LewesEngland 8 active
  288. PembrokeshireWales 8 active
  289. Vale of GlamorganWales 8 active
  290. CaerphillyWales 7 active
  291. Lisburn and CastlereaghNorthern Ireland 7 active
  292. MeltonEngland 7 active
  293. West LindseyEngland 7 active
  294. North LanarkshireScotland 6 active
  295. City of LondonEngland 5 active
  296. MaldonEngland 5 active
  297. Derbyshire DalesEngland 4 active
  298. Fermanagh and OmaghNorthern Ireland 4 active
  299. MonmouthshireWales 4 active
  300. North East DerbyshireEngland 3 active
  301. Mole ValleyEngland 2 active
  302. Oadby and WigstonEngland 2 active
  303. PowysWales 2 active
  304. Merthyr TydfilWales 1 active
  305. South StaffordshireEngland 1 active
  306. TorfaenWales 1 active
  307. West DevonEngland 1 active

* How we measure coverage. The latest available official statistics count 124,014 HMO licences, on different bases: England, MHCLG Local Authority Housing Statistics 2024-25, mandatory licences only; Wales, StatsWales, mandatory and additional licences; Scotland, Scottish Government, licences in force; Northern Ireland, the Minister for Communities' answer to an Assembly question. The percentage is the share of that combined figure held by the councils whose registers we show. Details come from each council's public register; some councils record details from the licence application, which may differ from the final licence. The UK outline: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Questions

What is an HMO licence?
A house in multiple occupation (HMO) is a home shared by three or more people who are not one household and who share a kitchen, bathroom or toilet. Councils license HMOs under the Housing Act 2004 in England and Wales, and under their own laws in Scotland and Northern Ireland. A licence sets the most people and households the house may hold, and conditions on its safety and management.
What are mandatory, additional and selective licences?
Mandatory licensing is set by law: in England it covers every HMO with five or more people forming two or more households. Additional licensing is a council's own scheme for smaller HMOs, across all or part of its area. Selective licensing covers privately rented homes that are not HMOs, in areas a council designates; some registers list those too, and we keep them, but they are left out of HMO searches unless you ask for them.
Where does the data come from?
From each council's own public register of licensed HMOs. Councils in England and Wales must keep one (Housing Act 2004, section 232). Every record is traced to the council register it came from.
How often is it updated?
Each council's register is checked on a schedule set by how often that council changes it, and each check records the licences that appear, change or leave the register.
What does "active" mean?
Licensed or applied for, and not past the licence's expiry date: every licence the map shows. Councils do not always update their registers when a licence lapses, so a licence past its expiry date is shown as expired whatever the register says.
Why is my council not shown?
Some councils publish no register online, some provide it only on request, and a few restrict its reuse. We add councils as their registers become available; search for yours in the council list to see whether its register is on the map.
Does it show who holds a licence?
No personal details are shown. Each record describes the property and its licence.
Why do you list more licences than the official count?
The government's figure for England counts mandatory licences only (Local Authority Housing Statistics, question f10a). Councils' registers also hold additional licences, from their own schemes for smaller HMOs, and we list those too. Wales counts mandatory and additional licences, and Scotland and Northern Ireland count licences under their own schemes. We compare each council's count with its own official figure.
Is it the largest free HMO database?
Yes, measured by the share of HMO licences in the latest available official statistics held by the councils whose registers we show. The council list gives each council's count.
Is it free?
Yes. Searching and the map need no account. The filter for licences about to expire needs a free sign-in. The API, for building the licences into your own systems, has a free demo and paid plans.

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