HMOs and planning permission

Planning permission may be required for your HMO. 

You may need to apply for planning permission if you intend to:

• build or convert a building into an HMO
• change a family house to an HMO

If the building or conversion work has already taken place, you may need to apply for retrospective planning permission.

You can find out more on our Article 4 Directions page. 

Please note that a HMO licence granted for a property does not confer planning permission on it.

It is your responsibility to find out if your property requires planning permission. You may be refused planning permission to use your property as a HMO. This may result in you having to cease the use of the property as a HMO under the planning system’s regulatory framework, regardless of a HMO licence.

We recommend you seek planning advice either from:

• Haringey’s planning team
• an independent planning consultant
• other professional adviser specialising in planning matters