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HMO-related government direction entries. Each has a record and original evidence fields.
HMO Intelligence / Article 4 sources / API evidence
Government API · Source-based planning intelligence
HMO Article 4: primary directions and mapped areas
Individual evidence dossiers from England's Planning Data API. Each legal-instrument record has a permanent identifier; mapped-area records carry separate geometry references and representative coordinates. Use the sources to investigate a particular direction, not to obtain automatic planning clearance.
Government data collected: 2026-10-16 · Open Government Licence v3.0
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Separately referenced areas with source coordinates and an official geometry record.
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Distinct source organisation identifiers across the evidence, not independently audited councils.
Read this first: Records are source research, not human-verified legal advice. The national dataset is incomplete; source dates may be missing, boundaries may have changed, and an area record is not evidence that an individual property needs planning permission. Planning and HMO licensing are different tests. Confirm signed directions, dates and exact boundaries with the council.
Search publication status: 74 of these 136 source dossiers are eligible for the public XML sitemap. The other 62 remain accessible for independent source checking, but are marked noindex because their standalone evidence is too limited or overlaps a related direction. This is not a legal sign-off. View coverage and limitations →
01 / Legal instruments
HMO-related direction records
Click through for primary source links, details provided by the government, and matched map areas where available.
1 to 56 Morley Grove
Government direction #6102749 · Reference A4D-2 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2013-07-01
2018 HMO Article 4 Direction
Government direction #6101792 · Reference A4D3 · 0 mapped areas associated · Start date not provided
2023 Article 4 Direction
Government direction #6103384 · Reference A4D16 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2024-12-23
2024 HMO Article 4 Direction
Government direction #6101793 · Reference A4D2 · 0 mapped areas associated · Start date not provided
57 to 99 Morley Grove
Government direction #6102750 · Reference A4D-3 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2013-07-01
Aintree HMO
Government direction #6101800 · Reference 6 · 0 mapped areas associated · Source start: 2025-07-02
Aintree Road & Epsom Road
Government direction #6102726 · Reference A4D8 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2022-06-15
Arden Road
Government direction #6102727 · Reference A4D13 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2022-06-15
Ardingly Close
Government direction #6102728 · Reference A4D5 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2022-06-15
Article 4 Avonmouth Village
Government direction #6100360 · Reference A4D8 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2020-06-29
Article 4 Direction - C3 to C4 HMO
Government direction #6103595 · Reference Bpl_A4D1 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2022-10-02
Article 4 Direction for Small HMOs
Government direction #6103008 · Reference ART4/08 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2024-06-01
Article 4 Direction HMO
Government direction #6103381 · Reference A4D13 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2011-10-31
Article 4 Direction relating to HMOs north of the A2
Government direction #6102760 · Reference 25/00017/ART4 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2025-12-08
Article 4 Direction relating to Houses in Multiple Occupation (HIMO) - Immediate direction
Government direction #6103397 · Reference art4direction.19 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2011-06-28
Article 4 Direction relating to Houses in Multiple Occupation (HIMO) - Non immediate direction
Government direction #6103396 · Reference art4direction.18 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2011-11-23
Article 4 Direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation
Government direction #6103181 · Reference A4D4 · 9 mapped areas associated · Source start: 2024-10-14
Article 4 East
Government direction #6100358 · Reference A4D6 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2020-06-29
Article 4 for HMOs
Government direction #6103177 · Reference A4D_HMO · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2022-11-01
Article 4 North
Government direction #6100357 · Reference A4D5 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2020-06-29
Article 4 Small Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO)
Government direction #6100169 · Reference A4D14 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2016-05-29
Article 4 South
Government direction #6100359 · Reference A4D7 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2020-06-29
Ashley Ward, Cabot Ward, Clifton East Ward, Cotham Ward and Lawrence Hill Ward (1999 ward boundary)
Government direction #6100365 · Reference A4D13 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2011-12-11
Basingstoke Town and Chineham and the surrounding villages of Old Basing, Oakley and Sherborne St John.
Government direction #6103393 · Reference A42011 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2011-06-16
Beverley Mews
Government direction #6102729 · Reference A4D6 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2022-06-15
Bootle and Waterloo HMO
Government direction #6101798 · Reference 4 · 0 mapped areas associated · Source start: 2017-09-20
Borough wide
Government direction #6102854 · Reference ART4/2026/001 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2026-03-02
Bury Borough HMO
Government direction #6103412 · Reference A4D003 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2026-07-16
Caburn Heights
Government direction #6102730 · Reference A4D11 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2022-06-15
CITY WIDE HMO
Government direction #6100352 · Reference 36 · 0 mapped areas associated · Start date not provided
Clifton Ward (1999 ward boundary)
Government direction #6100364 · Reference A4D12 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2012-10-21
Dwellinghouses (C3) to small HMOs (C4) - borough-wide Article 4 Direction
Government direction #6103187 · Reference A4D.2 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2023-09-04
Farmleigh Close
Government direction #6102731 · Reference A4D7 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2022-06-15
Halton Borough Council Article 4 - A4D_1
Government direction #6102766 · Reference A4D_1 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2025-09-24
HMO
Government direction #6102480 · Reference A4D4 · 0 mapped areas associated · Source start: 2012-04-20
HMO
Government direction #6103392 · Reference A4D 1 HMO · 0 mapped areas associated · Source start: 2012-03-23
HMO - 30.9.23
Government direction #6102118 · Reference A4/012 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2022-09-08
HMO - townwide
Government direction #6102752 · Reference A4D-1 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2021-04-12
HMO Article 4
Government direction #6100881 · Reference A4D03 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2012-05-14
HMOs
Government direction #6100806 · Reference LBTH_Art4_0 · 0 mapped areas associated · Source start: 2021-01-01
HMOs Mutley, Greenbank, City Centre and surrounding areas
Government direction #6100370 · Reference A4D1 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2012-09-14
Houses in Multiple Occupation - 2013
Government direction #6101668 · Reference A4_019 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2013-08-08
Houses in Multiple Occupation Article 4 Direction
Government direction #6102865 · Reference HMOART4OXFORD · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2012-02-25
Houses in multiple occupation: Bywater Place, SE16
Government direction #6101123 · Reference 113 · 1 mapped area associated · Start date not provided
Houses in multiple occupation: Henshaw Street, SE17
Government direction #6101124 · Reference 114 · 1 mapped area associated · Start date not provided
Houses of Multiple Occupation (HMOs)
Government direction #6101935 · Reference HMO2796 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2013-03-24
HW Jesmond & N Jesmond
Government direction #6100008 · Reference A4HMO2 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2012-12-09
Immediate Article 4 Direction for small Houses in Multiple Occupation
Government direction #6101843 · Reference A4D08 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2025-09-19
Jesmond and Heaton
Government direction #6100007 · Reference A4HMO1 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2011-11-25
Leicester City Council HMO Article 4 Direction 2021
Government direction #6101504 · Reference A4_020 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2021-11-16
Redland Ward (1999 ward boundary)
Government direction #6100363 · Reference A4D11 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2012-10-21
Rillside & Winterfold
Government direction #6102732 · Reference A4D14 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2022-06-15
Ringwood Close
Government direction #6102733 · Reference A4D12 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2022-06-15
Rother District Council (Houses in Multiple Occupation, Bexhill, East Sussex) Article 4 Direction, 2011
Government direction #6101788 · Reference A4D68 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2011-02-04
Saint Gabriel's Estate, Heaton
Government direction #6100009 · Reference A4HMO3 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2012-08-09
Sidmouth Avenue, Gower Street, Granville Avenue, Northcote Place and King Street
Government direction #6103241 · Reference NuLa4d12 · 0 mapped areas associated · Source start: 2015-12-22
Small Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) in Wisbech
Government direction #6102343 · Reference 13362 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2026-02-26
Small Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) in Wisbech
Government direction #6102344 · Reference 13361 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2025-02-26
Southport HMO
Government direction #6101797 · Reference 3 · 0 mapped areas associated · Source start: 2017-09-20
Stevenage
Government direction #6103369 · Reference AD3 · 0 mapped areas associated · Source start: 2017-01-01
Tendring Area
Government direction #6101857 · Reference PT404488 · 0 mapped areas associated · Source start: 2021-12-24
Victoria Mews
Government direction #6102734 · Reference A4D10 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2022-06-15
Weald Drive
Government direction #6102735 · Reference A4D9 · 1 mapped area associated · Source start: 2022-06-15
02 / Individual geographies
Mapped Article 4 areas
Area boundaries have their own government identifiers. A centroid is only a map reference point, never a property-level determination.
1 to 56 Morley Grove
Mapped area #7010009880 · Reference A4Da-2 · Linked legal instrument #6102749 · Source start: 2013-07-01
2018 HMO Article 4 Direction
Mapped area #7010007430 · Reference A4D3 · No independently matched HMO direction · Source start: 2018-11-25
2023 Article 4 Direction
Mapped area #7010010045 · Reference A4D16 · Linked legal instrument #6103384 · Source start: 2024-12-23
2024 HMO Article 4 Direction
Mapped area #7010007431 · Reference A4D2 · No independently matched HMO direction · Source start: 2024-11-17
57 to 99 Morley Grove
Mapped area #7010009881 · Reference A4Da-3 · Linked legal instrument #6102750 · Source start: 2013-07-01
Aintree HMO
Mapped area #7010007523 · Reference 6 · No independently matched HMO direction · Source start: 2025-07-02
Aintree Road & Epsom Road
Mapped area #7010010304 · Reference A4Da8 · Linked legal instrument #6102726 · Source start: 2022-06-15
Arden Road
Mapped area #7010010309 · Reference A4Da13 · Linked legal instrument #6102727 · Source start: 2022-06-15
Ardingly Close
Mapped area #7010010301 · Reference A4Da5 · Linked legal instrument #6102728 · Source start: 2022-06-15
Article 4 (HMO) Boundary - Came into force 14 October 2019
Mapped area #7010002616 · Reference AR4HMO · No independently matched HMO direction · Source start: 2019-10-14
Article 4 Avonmouth Village
Mapped area #7010004289 · Reference A4D8 · Linked legal instrument #6100360 · Source start: 2020-06-29
Article 4 Direction - C3 to C4 HMO
Mapped area #7010009955 · Reference Bpl_A4Da1 · Linked legal instrument #6103595 · Source start: 2022-10-02
Article 4 Direction - Houses in Multiple Occupation Great Yarmouth
Mapped area #7010002619 · Reference A4Da016 · No independently matched HMO direction · Source start: 2012-09-24
Article 4 Direction for Small HMOs
Mapped area #7010010023 · Reference ART4/08A · Linked legal instrument #6103008 · Source start: 2024-06-01
Article 4 Direction HMO
Mapped area #7010010042 · Reference A4D13 · Linked legal instrument #6103381 · Source start: 2011-10-31
Article 4 Direction relating to Houses in Multiple Occupation (HIMO) - Immediate direction
Mapped area #7010010323 · Reference 19 · Linked legal instrument #6103397 · Source start: 2011-06-28
Article 4 Direction relating to Houses in Multiple Occupation (HIMO) - Non immediate direction
Mapped area #7010010322 · Reference 18 · Linked legal instrument #6103396 · Source start: 2011-11-23
Article 4 Direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation
Mapped area #7010010049 · Reference A4Da4-1 · Linked legal instrument #6103181 · Source start: 2024-10-14
Article 4 Direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation
Mapped area #7010010050 · Reference A4Da4-2 · Linked legal instrument #6103181 · Source start: 2024-10-14
Article 4 Direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation
Mapped area #7010010051 · Reference A4Da4-3 · Linked legal instrument #6103181 · Source start: 2024-10-14
Article 4 Direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation
Mapped area #7010010052 · Reference A4Da4-4 · Linked legal instrument #6103181 · Source start: 2024-10-14
Article 4 Direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation
Mapped area #7010010053 · Reference A4Da4-5 · Linked legal instrument #6103181 · Source start: 2024-10-14
Article 4 Direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation
Mapped area #7010010054 · Reference A4Da4-6 · Linked legal instrument #6103181 · Source start: 2024-10-14
Article 4 Direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation
Mapped area #7010010055 · Reference A4Da4-7 · Linked legal instrument #6103181 · Source start: 2024-10-14
Article 4 Direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation
Mapped area #7010010056 · Reference A4Da4-8 · Linked legal instrument #6103181 · Source start: 2024-10-14
Article 4 Direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation
Mapped area #7010010057 · Reference A4Da4-9 · Linked legal instrument #6103181 · Source start: 2024-10-14
Article 4 East
Mapped area #7010004287 · Reference A4D6 · Linked legal instrument #6100358 · Source start: 2020-06-29
Article 4 for HMOs
Mapped area #7010009611 · Reference A4D_HMO1 · Linked legal instrument #6103177 · Source start: 2022-11-01
Article 4 North
Mapped area #7010004286 · Reference A4D5 · Linked legal instrument #6100357 · Source start: 2020-06-29
Article 4 Small Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) Area 1
Mapped area #7010002550 · Reference A4D14A1 · Linked legal instrument #6100169 · Source start: 2016-05-29
Article 4 South
Mapped area #7010004288 · Reference A4D7 · Linked legal instrument #6100359 · Source start: 2020-06-29
Ashley Ward, Cabot Ward, Clifton East Ward, Cotham Ward and Lawrence Hill Ward (1999 ward boundary)
Mapped area #7010004292 · Reference A4D13 · Linked legal instrument #6100365 · Source start: 2011-12-11
Basingstoke Town and Chineham and the surrounding villages of Old Basing, Oakley and Sherborne St John.
Mapped area #7010010292 · Reference A42011 · Linked legal instrument #6103393 · Source start: 2011-06-16
Beverley Mews
Mapped area #7010010302 · Reference A4Da6 · Linked legal instrument #6102729 · Source start: 2022-06-15
Bootle and Waterloo HMO
Mapped area #7010007521 · Reference 4 · No independently matched HMO direction · Source start: 2017-09-20
Borough wide
Mapped area #7010003994 · Reference AD17 · No independently matched HMO direction · Start date not supplied
Borough wide
Mapped area #7010009945 · Reference ART4/2026/001 · Linked legal instrument #6102854 · Source start: 2026-03-02
Bury borough HMO
Mapped area #7010010320 · Reference A4D003 · Linked legal instrument #6103412 · Source start: 2026-07-16
Caburn Heights
Mapped area #7010010307 · Reference A4Da11 · Linked legal instrument #6102730 · Source start: 2022-06-15
Canterbury and surrounding area. Dated 25.02.2015 effective 25.02.2016
Mapped area #7010000744 · Reference 73412 · No independently matched HMO direction · Source start: 2016-02-25
CITY WIDE HMO
Mapped area #7010002546 · Reference 36 · No independently matched HMO direction · Start date not supplied
Clifton Ward (1999 ward boundary)
Mapped area #7010004290 · Reference A4D12 · Linked legal instrument #6100364 · Source start: 2012-10-21
Dwellinghouses (C3) to small HMOs (C4) - borough-wide Article 4 Direction
Mapped area #7010010153 · Reference A4D.2 · Linked legal instrument #6103187 · Source start: 2023-09-04
Farmleigh Close
Mapped area #7010010303 · Reference A4Da7 · Linked legal instrument #6102731 · Source start: 2022-06-15
Halton Borough Council Article 4 - A4D_1
Mapped area #7010010017 · Reference A4D_1 · Linked legal instrument #6102766 · Source start: 2025-09-24
HMO - 30.9.23
Mapped area #7010009021 · Reference A4/012/001 · Linked legal instrument #6102118 · Source start: 2022-09-08
HMO - townwide
Mapped area #7010009873 · Reference A4Da-1 · Linked legal instrument #6102752 · Source start: 2021-04-12
HMO Article 4
Mapped area #7010002549 · Reference A4D03 · Linked legal instrument #6100881 · Source start: 2012-05-14
HMO Article 4(1) Direction North Order 2025
Mapped area #7010009400 · Reference 25/00017/ART4 · Linked legal instrument #6102760 · Source start: 2025-12-08
HMOs Mutley, Greenbank, City Centre and surrounding areas
Mapped area #7010004296 · Reference A4Da1 · Linked legal instrument #6100370 · Source start: 2012-09-14
Houses in Multiple Occupation - 2013
Mapped area #7010006949 · Reference A4_019/HM · Linked legal instrument #6101668 · Source start: 2013-08-08
Houses in Multiple Occupation Article 4 Direction
Mapped area #7010009964 · Reference HMOART4OXFORD · Linked legal instrument #6102865 · Source start: 2012-02-25
Houses in multiple occupation: Bywater Place, SE16
Mapped area #7010003529 · Reference 113 · Linked legal instrument #6101123 · Start date not supplied
Houses in multiple occupation: Henshaw Street, SE17
Mapped area #7010003530 · Reference 114 · Linked legal instrument #6101124 · Start date not supplied
Houses of Multiple Occupation (HMOs)
Mapped area #7010009320 · Reference HMO2796 · Linked legal instrument #6101935 · Source start: 2013-03-24
HW Jesmond & N Jesmond
Mapped area #7010002373 · Reference A4HMO2 · Linked legal instrument #6100008 · Source start: 2012-12-09
Immediate Article 4 Direction for small Houses in Multiple Occupation
Mapped area #7010002878 · Reference A4DA07 · Linked legal instrument #6101843 · Source start: 2025-09-19
Jesmond and Heaton
Mapped area #7010002372 · Reference A4HMO1 · Linked legal instrument #6100007 · Source start: 2011-11-25
Leicester City Council HMO Article 4 Direction 2021
Mapped area #7010007254 · Reference A4_020/HM · Linked legal instrument #6101504 · Source start: 2021-11-16
Redland Ward (1999 ward boundary)
Mapped area #7010004284 · Reference A4D11 · Linked legal instrument #6100363 · Source start: 2012-10-21
Rillside & Winterfold
Mapped area #7010010310 · Reference A4Da14 · Linked legal instrument #6102732 · Source start: 2022-06-15
Ringwood Close
Mapped area #7010010308 · Reference A4Da12 · Linked legal instrument #6102733 · Source start: 2022-06-15
Rother District Council (Houses in Multiple Occupation, Bexhill, East Sussex) Article 4 Direction, 2011
Mapped area #7010007344 · Reference A4DA68 · Linked legal instrument #6101788 · Source start: 2011-02-04
Saint Gabriel's Estate, Heaton
Mapped area #7010002374 · Reference A4HMO3 · Linked legal instrument #6100009 · Source start: 2012-08-09
SELLY OAK HMO
Mapped area #7010002545 · Reference 35 · No independently matched HMO direction · Source start: 2014-08-31
Small HMO Northern Extension
Mapped area #7010009610 · Reference SHMOEXTA4 · No independently matched HMO direction · Start date not supplied
Small Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) in Wisbech
Mapped area #7010009247 · Reference 13362 · Linked legal instrument #6102343 · Source start: 2026-02-26
Small Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) in Wisbech
Mapped area #7010009248 · Reference 13361 · Linked legal instrument #6102344 · Source start: 2025-02-26
Small Houses in Multiple Occupation Article 4
Mapped area #7010009552 · Reference A4SMHO · No independently matched HMO direction · Start date not supplied
Southport HMO
Mapped area #7010007520 · Reference 3 · No independently matched HMO direction · Source start: 2017-09-20
St Pauls Ward
Mapped area #7010010025 · Reference A4Da001 · No independently matched HMO direction · Source start: 2019-10-08
Victoria Mews
Mapped area #7010010306 · Reference A4Da10 · Linked legal instrument #6102734 · Source start: 2022-06-15
Weald Drive
Mapped area #7010010305 · Reference A4Da9 · Linked legal instrument #6102735 · Source start: 2022-06-15
Use this directory as evidence discovery, not legal clearance. If a property or borough is absent, no conclusion follows. The property screening tool identifies further questions and the Article 4 guide explains how planning and licensing differ.
Sources: Official direction catalogue ↗ and official geographic areas ↗. Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.