HMO valuation in Brighton

Student and seasonal demand keep many streets busy, yet buyers pay for planning certainty and a licence that matches the measured rooms. Open with the rent roll, then test kitchen and bathroom ratios against Brighton’s occupancy tables. A second kitchen requirement between 10 and 18 occupants often explains why a marketed large HMO cannot clear at face value.

Brighton & Hove requires planning permission for a change of use from C3 to C4 everywhere in the city under its Article 4 direction. Policy CP21 also states that permission will not be granted where more than 10% of dwellings within a 50-metre radius are already HMOs. That concentration test can block an otherwise measured conversion even when amenity space looks fine.

Source: Brighton & Hove — Planning permission for HMOs.

Brighton’s HMO Licensing Standards and Conditions page sets single bedrooms at 6.51 m² and doubles at 10.22 m², with kitchen sizes scaled by occupancy. Between 10 and 18 occupants a second fully equipped kitchen is required. Standards page: Brighton HMO amenity standards.

Capitalise occupied licensed stock with clear planning. Use vacant possession where CP21 concentration or amenity works still threaten the marketed occupancy. Method guide: valuation methods.

Hold or exit with the Article 4 and CP21 notes kept beside the licence conditions. Sale route: Sell an HMO in Brighton. Browse live stock: HMOs for sale in Brighton.