Quote first on HMO planning applications near you

An HMO, a house in multiple occupation, is a home shared by people who are not one household. Set your keywords and every application that creates, enlarges or reshapes one reaches you. Here is what lands in your inbox and what each one means for your order book.

Change of use is the start of a full refit

Applications to turn a family house into a small HMO for 3 to 6 sharers, or a small HMO into a large one for seven or more residents, mean stripped rooms, new partitions, fire doors, alarms, en-suites and a bigger kitchen. Inside an article 4 area, even a small conversion needs permission, so you see the job before work starts.

Extensions add bedrooms and add work

Loft conversions, dormers and rear extensions on existing shared houses bring structural work, roofing, glazing, plumbing and decoration. Each extra room is another bathroom, another fire door and another set of furniture to supply.

Certificates and retrospective applications reveal live properties

Lawful development certificates and retrospective applications point to landlords regularising homes already in use. These owners need compliance upgrades, fire protection and refurbishment to meet the council's standards.

Commercial conversions open bigger contracts

Flats above shops, former offices, pubs and care homes turned into shared housing are whole-building projects. They need architects, structural engineers, main contractors and suppliers working at scale.

Variations and new build keep the pipeline moving

Applications to raise occupancy, vary conditions or build purpose-built schemes for multiple occupation tell you an owner is expanding and ready to spend again.

The businesses that win HMO work treat every new application as a named client with a deadline. Here is how each one turns a council listing into a signed job.

Builders and conversion contractors land the main contract

You call the applicant or their agent the week the application appears, walk the property and price the conversion while the owner is still planning. When permission arrives, your quote is already on the table and you start first.

Fire safety specialists get specified early

Every HMO needs fire doors, detection, emergency lighting and protected escape routes. Reach the agent before the drawings are fixed and your products become part of the design, not an afterthought priced against the cheapest option.

Mechanical and electrical trades fill their diaries

More bathrooms, more kitchens and more circuits mean bigger jobs for plumbers, electricians and heating engineers. You quote the full package for the whole house, not a single callout.

Manufacturers and suppliers win repeat orders

Kitchen, bathroom pod, flooring and furniture suppliers spot landlords running several conversions at once and open accounts that order again and again as the portfolio grows.

Architects and consultants take on the hard cases

Refusals, article 4 areas and large conversions need drawings, planning statements, fire strategies and appeals. You see the applicants who need expert help and you offer it before anyone else does. Every refused scheme is a client who needs you now.

Leads emails you every new HMO application that matches your keywords, the day councils publish it, in one email a day. Choose nationwide coverage or up to 5 areas, each a radius of up to 75 miles from a postcode or town, or a whole council. You decide where you work and Leads fills that map.

Every lead is ready to act on

Each lead carries:

• the planning reference and site address
• the council and a link to the council's own record
• the description of the work and the application type
• key dates and decision status
• the applicant, agent firm and business contact, wherever the council publishes them

You know what the job is, where it is and who to call before you pick up the phone.

Track every job from first call to signed contract

The lead pipeline records who you contacted, who you quoted and what you won, so no conversion slips through. Leads also includes everything in Research: search, advanced filters and CSV export. Pull every HMO decision in your patch, filter by status or date and load the list straight into your own system.

One subscription covers every kind of application

Planning Signal holds 2.3 million planning applications covering every kind of work, so add keywords for loft conversions, extensions or commercial refits and the same email brings those too. Leads costs £49 + VAT a month.

Keep watch on your own street for free

Anyone can get free email alerts for planning applications near an address, postcode, town or council.