Nottingham HMO amenity standards

Nottingham’s HMO Amenity Guidance 3 on space provision states the council has maintained 2013 locally set bedroom standards. Where there is adequate dining and lounge space elsewhere and no cooking in the bedroom, one adult needs 8 m² and two people need 12 m². Without that communal space the adult single room rises to 10 m², and with cooking in the room it rises again to 14 m².

Source: Nottingham — HMO Amenity Guidance 3 Space (PDF).

The same PDF restates the national prescribed minima of 4.64 m² for one child under 10, 6.51 m² for one person aged 10 or over, and 10.22 m² for two people aged 10 or over. Rooms below those national floors are never accepted as sleeping accommodation, and communal space cannot compensate. Local 8 m² / 12 m² figures sit above that floor rather than replacing it.

Amenity Guidance 1 sets shared kitchens for up to five people at a minimum of 7 m², adding about 2 m² per further person. One whole set of cooking facilities is required for every five persons or part thereof, and a kitchen must not contain more than two sets. Where more than ten people share, a separate kitchen room is required.

Licence conditions require the holder to notify the council of any bedroom under 4.64 m² and to keep occupancy within the adopted guidance standards. Buyers should read the space, kitchen and bathing PDFs together rather than quoting a single number. Sale route: Sell an HMO in Nottingham.

Nottingham is an English example of a council that publishes higher local bedroom floors while still treating SI 2018/616 as the statutory minimum. Devolved nations use different HMO licensing frameworks. Overview: HMO standards.