HMO licence plans for Ealing landlords, with the current designation due to end
Ealing's additional HMO licensing covers the whole borough and its designation is due to cease on 31 March 2027. Whether you are applying now or planning for what follows, the application rests on the same thing: an accurate layout and a room-by-room schedule. We draw both for a fixed £495.
Fixed fee from £495 · all prices
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The designation and its end date
The council's designation of an area for additional licensing says it was made on 21 December 2021 and came into force on 1 April 2022. It says the designation shall cease to have effect on 31 March 2027, or earlier if the council revokes it, and that it applies to the whole area of the London Borough of Ealing.
What happens after that date is the council's decision, and we have not confirmed it, so check its licensing pages before you plan around it. Work from the council's current page, not an older fee sheet.
HMO Licence Plans in Ealing
from £495
Every price is the full fixed fee you pay. No VAT is charged. Council application fees are paid to the council separately.
What you get
- Scaled plans of every floor with rooms labelled by use
- A schedule of bedroom areas against the national minimum sizes
- Shared kitchens, bathrooms and WCs counted against tenant numbers
- Escape routes, stairs and doors drawn clearly
- A PDF pack that you can reuse at renewal
- A short note of rooms close to a minimum
- Check the scheme
Three or four unrelated people in a house that is not a mandatory HMO.
- Measure the house
A measured survey that you can reuse.
- Draw and schedule
Every floor and every bedroom area.
- Apply to the council
Part A on application, Part B when the licence is ready.
- Keep the pack
Plans on file save a repeat job at renewal.
Who the additional licence covers
The council's types of property licences page says the additional scheme was adopted from 1 April 2022 and is meant to ensure that landlords who own and manage HMOs occupied by unrelated households are licensed. It covers HMOs with three or four unrelated individuals that do not need a mandatory licence.
Ealing also runs selective licensing for single-household lets in named wards: East Acton, Southall Broadway and Southall Green from 1 April 2022, and a further set of wards from 3 January 2023. Those are not HMO cases, so plans of this kind are for the shared houses.
The national conditions say a bedroom for one person over 10 must be at least 6.51 square metres, and a room below 4.64 square metres cannot be used for sleeping.
What the fee sheet charges on
The council's published licensing fees sheet describes the additional HMO licence as a fixed fee plus a charge per habitable room. We do not quote the figures here, because the sheet changes by year; confirm the current amount with the council before you budget.
Because the charge depends on the number of rooms, a schedule that lists each bedroom and its area is the document the fee is worked from, and the council's fees are paid to the council on top of our fixed fee.
Room sizes behind the schedule
The national conditions say a bedroom for one person over 10 must be at least 6.51 square metres, and a room below 4.64 square metres cannot be used for sleeping. Our schedule sets each measured bedroom against those figures so that a shortfall is found before the application, not at the inspection.
Sources
Every figure on this page, where it comes from and a link to the original.
| Figure | Source | Link |
|---|---|---|
| in force 1 April 2022 | London Borough of Ealing, Designation of an area for additional licensing of HMOs: made on 21 December 2021 and shall come into force on 01 April 2022 | www.ealing.gov.uk |
| 31 March 2027 | London Borough of Ealing, Designation: shall cease to have effect on 31 March 2027 or earlier if the Council revokes it | www.ealing.gov.uk |
| whole borough | London Borough of Ealing, Designation: shall apply to the whole area of the London Borough of Ealing | www.ealing.gov.uk |
| 3 or 4 unrelated individuals | Ealing Council, Types of property licences: additional scheme adopted from 1 April 2022; covers HMOs with 3 or 4 unrelated individuals that do not require a mandatory licence | www.ealing.gov.uk |
| selective wards from 2022 and 2023 | Ealing Council, Types of property licences: selective licensing for single-household properties from 1 April 2022 in East Acton, Southall Broadway and Southall Green, and from 3 January 2023 in further wards | www.ealing.gov.uk |
| fixed fee plus charge per habitable room | Ealing Council, Licensing Fees 2026-2027 sheet: additional HMO licence listed as a fixed fee plus charge per habitable room | www.ealing.gov.uk |
| 6.51 square metres | Licensing and Management of HMOs (Mandatory Conditions of Licences) (England) Regulations 2018, new Sch 4 para 1A(2)(a): one person aged over 10 years (source wording: "not less than 6.51 square metres") | www.legislation.gov.uk |
| 4.64 square metres | Same regulations, para 1A(2)(d): a room under this size may not be used for sleeping (source wording: "less than 4.64 square metres") | www.legislation.gov.uk |
Questions people ask
Does Ealing's additional HMO designation cover the whole borough?
When does the current designation end?
Who needs an additional licence?
Is the council fee in your price?
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