These conditions cover the following:
- 1: Number of occupiers
- 2: Changes to the licenced property or licence holder
- 3: Fit and proper person
- 4: Fire protection
- 5: Electrical installation
- 6: Gas supply
- 7: Amenities
- 8: Room sizes
- 9: Total Number of permitted occupants
- 10. Furniture and appliances
- 11: Appearance
- 12: Refuse and waste
- 13: Terms of occupation
- 14: Anti-social behaviour
- 15: Carbon Monoxide
1: Number of occupiers
1.1. The number of occupants must not exceed the number permitted by the licence.
1.2. The licence holder must notify the council, before doing so, if they wish to increase the number of permitted occupants.
2: Changes to the licenced property or licence holder
2.1. The licence holder must notify the council beforehand if there are any intended alterations that would change the use of a room, for example changing a living room to a bedroom.
2.2. The licence holder must notify the council within a calendar month if:
2.2.1. there is a change in the number of kitchens (including bedsits) or bathrooms provided
2.2.2. there is a change to the design or layout of the property
2.2.3. there is a change of management or ownership
2.2.4. there is a change of mortgage provider
3: Fit and proper person
3.1. The licence holder must notify the council immediately if they become aware or suspect that anyone associated with the management or ownership of the property is not a ‘fit and proper person’.
3.2. The licence holder must inform the council immediately if it is known or suspected that anyone associated with the management or ownership of the property has:
3.2.1. committed any offence involving fraud or other dishonesty, or violence or drugs, or any offence listed in Schedule 3 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c.42) (offences attracting notification requirements);
3.2.2. practised unlawful discrimination on grounds of race, disability, gender, religion or sexual orientation in, or in connection with, the carrying on of any business
3.2.3. contravened any provision of the law relating to housing or of landlord and tenant law. In particular within the last five years, been in control of any property:
3.2.3.1. subject to a control order or formal caution
3.2.3.2. subject to court proceedings by a local authority
3.2.3.3. where the local authority has had to carry out works in default
3.2.3.4. subject to a management order under the Housing Act 2004
3.2.3.5. or been refused a licence or breached conditions of a licence
3.2.4. acted otherwise than in accordance with any applicable code of practice approved under section 233 of the Housing Act 2004.
4: Fire protection
4.1. The licence holder must ensure that the property complies with Norwich City Council’s Fire Guidance (Follow link or see www.norwich.gov.uk/housing/privatesectorhousing for current standards).
4.2. The licence holder must ensure the fire detection and alarm system is kept in proper working order and certified to BS5839 and obtain a certificate from a suitably qualified person to say that the system complies.
4.3. The certificate must have been issued at intervals not exceeding 12 months.
4.4. The licence holder must provide the council with a copy of the most up to date fire detection test certificate within 14 days of being requested.
4.5. The licence holder must supply the council, on demand, with a declaration detailing the condition and positioning of the detectors and alarms within the property.
5: Electrical installation
5.1. The licence holder must ensure that every fixed electrical installation is inspected and tested at intervals not exceeding five years by a person qualified to undertake such inspection and testing.
5.2. The licence holder must obtain a periodic electrical installation condition report from the person conducting that test, specifying the results of the test; and supply that certificate to the council within 14 days of being requested.
5.3. The licence holder must remedy all code 1 or code 2 deficiencies identified in the condition report. Once the work is complete a new inspection report must be obtained showing no code 1 or code 2 deficiencies.
6: Gas supply
6.1. If gas is supplied to the property, the licence holder must obtain a landlord’s gas safety certificate provided by a Gas Safe engineer within each 12 month period.
6.2. The licence holder must provide the council with a copy of the most up to date gas safety certificate within 14 days of being requested.
7: Amenities
7.1. The licence holder must ensure that the property complies with Norwich City Council’s Amenities Standards (October 2018 edition).
7.2. Copies of these standards can be found at: www.norwich.gov.uk/hmo
8: Room Sizes
8.1. The following rooms (as named in your application) are permitted to have the following number of maximum occupants:
| Name | Maximum occupants |
| Bedroom 1 | x |
| Bedroom 2 | x |
| Bedroom 3 | x |
| Bedroom 4 | x |
| Bedroom 5 | x |
9: Total Number of permitted occupants
9.1. The number of permitted occupants is X people.
10: Furniture and appliances
10.1. The licence holder must ensure that all portable electrical appliances and furniture supplied with the property, not including those supplied by the occupiers, are kept in a safe condition.
10.2. The licence holder must ensure that all portable electrical appliances supplied with the property are PAT (Portable Appliance Tested) on an annual basis. The test must be carried out by a registered electrician and a certificate must be obtained.
10.3. The licence holder must provide the council with a copy of the most up to date PAT certificate within 14 days of being requested.
10.4. The licence holder must ensure that any upholstered furniture supplied with the property, whether new or second hand, complies with the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988, as amended.
10.5. The licence holder must supply a declaration to the council, on demand, that all upholstered furniture provided meets the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988 and is maintained in a safe condition.
11: Appearance
11.1. The licence holder must ensure that the external areas of the property, including gardens, yards, parking areas and alley ways, are maintained and kept in good visual condition. This includes being kept free from household and garden rubbish, litter and other unsuitable items which may have been dumped or are being inappropriately stored.
11.2. The licence holder must ensure that gardens are maintained on a regular basis to ensure that they are not significantly overgrown. This includes appropriate trimming of plants, hedges and tress, particularly when they border a neighbouring wall or fence, or the street.
12: Refuse and waste
12.1. The licence holder must ensure sufficient waste and recycling bins are provided at the property.
12.2. The licence holder must ensure that waste and recycling bins are put out for collection by 7am on collection day, and no earlier than 6pm the evening before.
12.3. The licence holder must ensure that waste and recycling bins are returned to the inside of the property boundary by 9am the day after the scheduled collection.
13: Terms of occupation
13.1. The licence holder must supply each occupier of the property with a written statement of the terms on which they occupy the property.
14: Anti-social behaviour
14.1. The licence holder must take all reasonable and practicable steps to ensure that any persistent anti-social behaviour by occupants or their visitors is dealt with appropriately and effectively in a timely manner.
14.2. For the purposes of these licence conditions, anti-social behaviour is deemed to be behaviour by the occupants of the property and/or their visitors, which causes a nuisance or annoyance to other occupants of the property, to lawful visitors to the property or to persons residing in or lawfully visiting the locality of the property.
15: Carbon Monoxide
15.1. The licence holder must ensure that a carbon monoxide alarm is installed in any room in the house which is used wholly or partly as living accommodation and contains a solid fuel burning combustion appliance.
15.2. The licence holder must keep any such alarm in proper working order.
15.3. The licence holder must supply the authority, on demand, with a declaration by him as to the condition and positioning of any such alarm.
