Please ensure you have all documents and certificates necessary for your HMO Licence Application.
Checklist
- Fee *
- Completed application *
- DBS or similar disclosure scheme check dated within 28 days of the licence application being submitted *
- Floor plans with room descriptions and measurements. Include location of fire detection and position of amenities.*
- Copy of current Electrical Installation Condition Report *
- Copy of current Landlords Gas Safety Certificate (if applicable) *
- Contractual agreement between a licence holder and a manager (if applicable) *
- Copy of fire alarm design, installation and commissioning certificate
- Copy of emergency lighting design, installation and commissioning certificate (where applicable)
- Copy of fire extinguisher service certificate (where applicable)
- Copy of PAT Testing certificate
* Applications submitted without these items will be rejected.
Documents and Certificates
Documents and certificates must be submitted within 7 days by the method indicated when completing the form.
Email documents to: psh@cornwall.gov.uk
or
Post documents to: Private Sector Housing, Cornwall Council, PO Box 676, Threemilestone, Truro, TR1 9EQ.
How to pay
Discounts are available to Responsible Landlord Scheme Members and to members of our partner landlord groups. Please contact us to find out about the discount.
Please make payment of the appropriate fee by one of the following methods:-
By phone to pay by debit/credit card
Tel: 03001234 582
Please quote the HMO address
By bank transfer
Account Number 56587619
Sort Code 60-21-37
Please use the first line of the HMO address as the reference
By cheque
Please make cheques payable to 'Cornwall Council'. Write the HMO address on the back of the cheque and send it in with your application form.
Send this to: Private Sector Housing, Cornwall Council, PO Box 676, Threemilestone, Truro, TR1 9EQ.
What happens next?
Your application will be checked for completeness against the checklist shown above.
If your application is complete it will be passed to an officer to process. We aim to issue your licence within 40 working days.
Incomplete applications
If your application is incomplete we will let you know what you need to provide and the timescale to do so.
If we have not received this within the timescale, an officer will determine whether further action is required.
How we deal with breaches of the Housing Act 2004
- Imposition of discretionary licence conditions.
- Variation of an existing property licence.
- Service of enforcement notices (charges apply).
- Revocation of the existing property licence and reducing a new licence term to 1 year.
- Financial Penalties as an alternative to prosecution.
- Prosecution
- Cautions
Responsible Landlords Scheme
We encourage you to join the Cornwall Responsible Landlords Scheme.