One of the City Officers has sent us through instructions on how to tell whether properties in the City have HMO licences. This involves using “LocalView” on the City Council’s website.

To get to this page (which is surprisingly difficult if you use search terms like Local and View (!)) you can take one of two options:
either

1. Go to http:\\www. oxford.gov.uk
Choose “About Oxford”
On the drop down menu, choose “Your neighbourhood”

Or

2. Make a bookmark to
http://www.oxford.gov.uk/PageRender/decVanilla/LocalView.htm

You are prompted to type in the address of the property at this point. It then finds you lots of details on planning and building control history etc.

If there is an HMO licence attached to the property it will be shown as a box entitled  “Environmental Health” and will give a licence number.