https://democracy.broxtowe.gov.uk/documents/s4101/5.%20HIMO%20report.pdf
I will be including these maps in my response but right now I have been prompted to share my maps with you because of an online discussion currently taking place on Beeston Update about HMOs.
Click on the maps to enlarge:
I regard this map and council tax exemption data to be more important than the HMO Register when it comes to understanding why small HMOs need to be registered as well as large HMOs (small HMOs have 3-4 unrelated tenants living in them and, presently, are not registered).
The map clearly shows that there are few student council tax exempt properties outside Beeston.
You can use the 'search' facility on this blog to find posts by me dating back to 2015.
There is only one registered HMO outside the Beeston area in Broxtowe. It is in Nuthall. I suspect that there are many more properties which should be registered as HMOs.
Nottingham City Transport have kindly been mapping student halls of residence on their bus maps for the past two years. They appear on this map as numbers in boxes, which link to this list alonside the map:
Albion House and part of Broadgate Park are in Broxtowe. The other part of the latter is in Nottingham, albeit one bus stop away or a five minue walk.
HMOs also have tenants who are workers and pay council tax, so small HMOs can easily go unidentified, especially if the tenants do not register as voters.
Right now, after years of inaction under a Conservative council, the Council is rushing headlong towards a policy for which it has yet to gather the evidence or to use what it already has. That is the data I have obtaining from the Borough Council to compile my own tables and maps since 2015.
I really welcome the Council's interest but they need to slow down and think about what it is they want to achieve.
Finally, a link to a report from Coventry City Council in January this year which our Council might like to examine:
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