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Browse 4 cases in the Planning Geek Case Law Library concerning HMO.
The Milton Keynes case upheld the consultation behind the 2010 HMO permitted-development changes, while rejecting an unrestricted power to choose whom to consult.
Welwyn Hatfield C4 HMO is a useful Planning Court judgment on whether a converted house containing a mixture of self-contained bedsits and shared accommodation can still operate as one C4 HMO dwellinghouse. The answer depends on fact and degree. On the evidence in this case, the shared facilities serving all occupiers supported the Inspector’s conclusion that the property remained one C4 planning unit.
Brent C4 HMO permitted development is an important High Court judgment confirming that a genuine Use Class C4 HMO can be a dwellinghouse for the purposes of Part 1 householder permitted development rights. The court rejected the council’s attempt to import the single-household concept from C3 into C4.
Sentinel Estates is the 2026 Planning Court case on the former four-year enforcement rule and HMOs. The appeal failed procedurally, and the court also held in the alternative that HMO use was not use as a single dwellinghouse for the old section 171B(2) four-year rule.
