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HMO Article 4 evidence / Geographic area #7010010042

Government planning geography · Source record

Article 4 Direction HMO — mapped area A4D13

Development consisting of a change of use from dwellinghouses (Class C3) to houses in multiple occupation (Class C4) should not be carried out without planning permission within the St James ward and parts of the Duryard, Newtown, Pennsylvania, Polsloe and St Davids wards, excluding specific designated streets within St James.

Government area #7010010042 · Source collected 2026-10-16 · Research-only

Boundary information is not a planning decision. This dataset record references a geographic polygon and a representative centre point. Neither a named area nor its central coordinate establishes that your property is inside an operative direction. Consult the official boundary geometry and council confirmation.

Which Article 4 geography is described?

The national Planning Data API lists Article 4 Direction HMO as mapped area 7010010042, with local reference A4D13. Its representative point is at approximately 50.72980°N, 3.52638°W (WGS84). This point is a navigation aid, not the mapped boundary or a particular building.

Development consisting of a change of use from dwellinghouses (Class C3) to houses in multiple occupation (Class C4) should not be carried out without planning permission within the St James ward and parts of the Duryard, Newtown, Pennsylvania, Polsloe and St Davids wards, excluding specific designated streets within St James.

Published government area description

Source notes: It only refers to clause b. Replaced by the 2023 Article 4 Direction HMO.

Official geography fields, as collected
Area entity7010010042
Area referenceA4D13
Originating organisation identifier136
Representative longitude / latitude-3.526378 / 50.729801
Area start-date field2011-10-31
Area end-date field2024-12-23
Last government record entry2026-05-06
Linked HMO-related direction#6103381 — A4D13

Check the location and actual boundary

Explore the representative point on OpenStreetMap ↗. This is intentionally not a building-level boundary check. Open the government record below to inspect the underlying polygon geometry; planning officers should confirm the authoritative mapped area and any amendments before investment or conversion decisions.

Its related planning instrument

The same source organisation's direction Article 4 Direction HMO (#6103381) carries local reference A4D13. The instrument dataset supplies a start date of 2011-10-31. This link does not establish that the direction currently applies to a specific property.

Practical next checks for a prospective HMO

  1. Determine the property's complete address, building footprint and current lawful use; never substitute this area centroid for the property's coordinates.
  2. Read the government's full polygon and the signed local direction, including permitted-development rights withdrawn, commencement, modification, exceptions and any expiry.
  3. Compare the local authority document linked above against the property site plan.
  4. Check HMO licensing independently. A planning Article 4 direction neither grants nor replaces an HMO licence, and a licence cannot establish planning permission.

HMO Article 4 explained → · Indicative property checker → · All API evidence pages →

Source: Planning Data Article 4 direction-area dataset, Open Government Licence v3.0, © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Source collection: 2026-10-16.