HMO Licence Application Process

This is the process your application will follow as it moves towards the granting of an HMO Licence. Your application only becomes valid when steps 1, 2 and 3 have been completed.

Step 1
You submit the online form; a copy of what you submit will be automatically emailed back to you.

 Apply online for HMO Licence

Step 2
We process your form and email you sending

• an itemised fee request - and information on how to pay
• the Declaration for you to sign and return
• a list of documents required to support your application. These may include:

- Gas Safety Certificate (if relevant)
- Electrical Safety Certificate
- Energy Performance Certificate
- Fire Alarm Test Certificate (if relevant)
- Emergency Lighting Certificate (if relevant)
- Proof of any Deposit Holding Scheme.

Step 3
You pay the fee and send us your Declaration and copies of the documents we requested.

 Online Payments

Send documents by email to: hmoapplication@oxford.gov.uk

Or send photocopies to:

HMO Licensing
Environmental Development
Oxford City Council
St Aldate's Chambers,
109 St Aldate's,
Oxford, OX1 1DS

Please do not send original documents as we are unable to return them.

Step 4
We arrange an appointment with you to inspect the house.

Step5
We draft Licence Conditions and email them to you and other interested parties for consultation.

Step 6
We grant the HMO Licence (after representations, if any, are resolved).

Paper-based Applications

An electronic (web and email) form has been adopted to make the licence application process as inexpensive and as efficient as possible. These methods have become standard business practice in the general community and have been embraced by the Council.

Applicants who do not have their own email address can nominate a relative, friend or colleague to receive email communications on their behalf.

Applicants who do not have their own access to the web can arrange with a relative, friend or colleague to submit an application on their behalf. Public computers are also available (for example, in libraries).

Applicants unable to make an online application may obtain a paper version by requesting a copy from the HMO Licensing Officer.

Please Note: Paper applications submitted on old forms will be rejected. Forms not printed as '2012' have been superseded and no longer supply the information required by the Council.

Page last reviewed 6 March 2012