Dwellings licenced by local authority area and licence type

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Variable	Visibility	Selected values	Action
Year	Shown in table	All 18 values	Change values
Area	Shown in table	All 23 values	Change values
Data description	Shown in table	All 5 values	Change values

Table

Data values	Data description	Year	Area
1,534	Total licences	2006-07	Wales
0	Selective licences	2006-07	Wales
1,534	Total HMO licences	2006-07	Wales
925	Additional HMO licences	2006-07	Wales
609	Mandatory HMO licences	2006-07	Wales
10	Total licences	2006-07	Isle of Anglesey
0	Selective licences	2006-07	Isle of Anglesey
10	Total HMO licences	2006-07	Isle of Anglesey
0	Additional HMO licences	2006-07	Isle of Anglesey
10	Mandatory HMO licences	2006-07	Isle of Anglesey
0	Total licences	2006-07	Gwynedd
0	Selective licences	2006-07	Gwynedd
0	Total HMO licences	2006-07	Gwynedd
0	Additional HMO licences	2006-07	Gwynedd
0	Mandatory HMO licences	2006-07	Gwynedd
0	Total licences	2006-07	Conwy
0	Selective licences	2006-07	Conwy
0	Total HMO licences	2006-07	Conwy
0	Additional HMO licences	2006-07	Conwy
0	Mandatory HMO licences	2006-07	Conwy
23	Total licences	2006-07	Denbighshire
0	Selective licences	2006-07	Denbighshire
23	Total HMO licences	2006-07	Denbighshire
0	Additional HMO licences	2006-07	Denbighshire
23	Mandatory HMO licences	2006-07	Denbighshire

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Metadata

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Next update expected:April 2026

Updates

• 14th May 2026:

  2024-25

• 4th February 2026: Dataset first published.

Main information

• Designation: Accredited official statistics
• Data provider: Local Authorities
• Data source: No specific source from data provider
• Time period covered: April 2006 to March 2025
• Dataset ID: 5a05577c-3ead-4c8a-8049-671c39757da9

Overview

• Summary of dataset and variables:

  The information presented here covers licences issued by local authorities to residential properties, including Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs). HMO licensing was introduced to help ensure that HMOs are well managed. Local authorities are responsible for licensing, which is mandatory for some types of HMO and may be applied to others. Mandatory licensing applies to larger, higher risk HMOs of three storeys or more. Local authorities have the discretion to extend licensing to other categories of HMOs.

• Data collection or calculation:

  The information presented here is collected via annual returns from Welsh planning authorities on Hazards & Licences during each year.

• Statistical quality:

  Please find this information in the related statistical publication, as per the given weblink:

• Related reports:
  • Houses in multiple occupation (HMO) licensing

Published by

• Organisation: Welsh Government
• Contact email: stats.housing@gov.wales