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HMO Article 4 direction source directory

Find council-published direction documents from the national Planning Data catalogue. This is a source-discovery index, not a finding that a direction is currently in force at any specific address.

Planning Data snapshot: 2026-10-19 · Open Government Licence v3.0

NATIONAL CATALOGUE

3,329

All Article 4 direction records in the underlying dataset, across many non-HMO planning purposes.

HMO CANDIDATES

63

Metadata records explicitly mentioning HMOs or a C3-to-C4 use change; not all are complete or current.

MULTI-DOCUMENT COUNCIL FILES

4

Councils with at least three separately linked official HMO-related source records.

Browse individual official legal instruments and mapped area dossiers →

Important distinction: The government dataset is incomplete, and most candidate records do not state an operative start date. A record being labelled “authoritative” by the source does not mean this site's interpretation has been reviewed, or that the direction applies to your property. Do not infer absence of a restriction from this directory. Check the actual signed notice, mapped boundary, withdrawn rights, dates and property address with the planning authority.

Compare source evidence

Authorities with multiple HMO direction records

Useful comparative dossiers are only published when multiple distinct official documents are available; we do not automatically build near-duplicate pages for every dataset entry.

10 SOURCE DOCUMENTS

Crawley

Aintree Road & Epsom Road · Arden Road · Ardingly Close and more

↗7 SOURCE DOCUMENTS

Bristol

Article 4 North · Article 4 East · Article 4 South and more

↗3 SOURCE DOCUMENTS

Harlow

1 to 56 Morley Grove · 57 to 99 Morley Grove · HMO - townwide

↗3 SOURCE DOCUMENTS

Newcastle upon Tyne

Jesmond and Heaton · HW Jesmond & N Jesmond · Saint Gabriel's Estate, Heaton

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Source records by authority

Each source has a permanent Planning Data entity identifier and a link to the original council document where available. Links are supplied for research, not legal clearance.

Crawley (10)

Bristol (7)

Harlow (3)

Newcastle upon Tyne (3)

Sefton (3)

Exeter (2)

Fenland (2)

Leicester (2)

Milton Keynes (2)

Salford (2)

Southwark (2)

Barnet (1)

Basingstoke (1)

Birmingham (1)

Blackpool (1)

Brent (1)

Burnley (1)

Bury (1)

Coventry (1)

Dartford (1)

Halton (1)

Hillingdon (1)

Hounslow (1)

Ipswich (1)

Lbbd (1)

Newcastle Staffs (1)

Northwarks (1)

Oxford (1)

Plymouth (1)

Rossendale (1)

Southampton (1)

Stevenage (1)

Tendringdc (1)

Towerhamlets (1)

York (1)

What to do next: Check how C3-to-C4 planning restrictions differ from licensing, run the indicative HMO screening, and confirm the signed instrument and boundary with the council. For property-management assistance, contact HMO Management Company.

Source: Planning Data — Article 4 direction (OGL v3.0). © Crown copyright and database right 2026. We reproduce a filtered catalogue of names and references, not legal advice.