HMO fire risk assessment
Fire risk assessments for Gloucester HMOs.
Every Gloucester HMO needs a written fire risk assessment. Do yours online to BS 9792:2025, and see what Gloucester's own fire safety rules mean for your house.
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Gloucester's HMO fire safety rules
Gloucester publishes its own HMO fire safety standard, "Houses in Multiple Occupation: Licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation, A Guide for Landlords, Managers and Tenants" (April 2024). FRASafe's assessment follows BS 9792:2025 and LACORS. Below is what Gloucester's rules ask for in a typical house, so you know what to expect.
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Running an HMO in Gloucester
The local rules and contacts that sit alongside your fire risk assessment, each taken from the council's or fire service's own website.
- Fire and rescue service
Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service covers Gloucester.
Source: gloucestershire.gov.uk- Additional licensing
Gloucester runs additional licensing in the whole city, from 21 September 2026 to 20 September 2031, so smaller HMOs there need a licence too, not only those big enough for a mandatory licence.
Source: gloucester.gov.ukShow the official wording
“The Gloucester City Council Designation of an Area for Additional Licensing of HMOs 2026 designation was made on 9 June 2026. This HMO licensing designation shall come into force on 21 September 2026.”
- Planning
From 3 March 2027, turning a family home into a small HMO will need planning permission in Kingsholm and Wotton, Elmbridge, Westgate, Barton and Tredworth, Moreland and Kingsway wards (an Article 4 direction).
Source: gloucester.gov.ukShow the official wording
“The Direction was made on 02 March 2026 and was confirmed on 09 June 2026. The Direction will come into force on 3 March 2027.”
- Licence fee
A new HMO licence from Gloucester costs £1,260 for a licence of up to five years (from 1 April 2026).
Source: gloucester.gov.ukShow the official wording
“The HMO licensing fees effective from 1 April 2026 will be charged as follows for up to a five-year licence:”
Applying for or renewing your Gloucester HMO licence? Fire safety law says your HMO needs a written fire risk assessment, whatever the licence form asks.
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What your Gloucester fire risk assessment will check
A typical 3-storey shared house with 6 tenants, run through Gloucester's rules. Each item shows the wording it comes from, and what your action plan says if the house is missing it. Your own house may need more or less, which is what the assessment works out.
Fire alarm
RequiredA linked fire alarm system (Grade D2, LD2)
“As a minimum in HMO’s it is necessary to provide interlinked smoke detectors in the hallways and landings of the property and a heat detector in the kitchen and high risk rooms which are mains wired with battery back up. The detectors should be interlinked and comply with BS 5839:2019 part 6 - Grade D:LD2 type system. As the number of storeys in a HMO increases and the number of kitchens increases the level of fire safety detection will also increase.”
If it's missing: High priority in your action plan
The fire alarm is Grade F. This house needs a Grade D2 system with LD2 coverage. Have a qualified alarm engineer upgrade it to BS 5839-6. Required by Houses in Multiple Occupation: A Guide for Landlords, Managers and Tenants (Gloucester City Council) (April 2024).
Fire doors
RequiredFire doors with self-closers on every bedroom and the kitchen
“In a property with three or more storeys, all bedrooms, kitchens, and living room doors that open onto the protected route must be 30 minute fire doors ... In properties with less than 3 storeys, a fire door is only required on high risk rooms which contain kitchen facilities.”
If it's missing: High priority in your action plan
Not every bedroom door is a fire door with a self-closer. Fit FD30 fire doors with self-closers to all bedrooms. Required by Houses in Multiple Occupation: A Guide for Landlords, Managers and Tenants (Gloucester City Council) (April 2024).
Escape route
RequiredA protected escape route, with the hall and stairs giving 30 minutes' fire resistance
“No requirement for full 30-minute protected route note 7, but the escape route should have sound, traditional construction and should not pass through risk rooms ... 30-minute protected route note 8, is required, including 30-minute fire-resisting construction”
If it's missing: High priority in your action plan
The hallway and stairs are not confirmed as a 30-minute protected route. Make good any holes or open-plan gaps so walls and ceilings give 30 minutes' fire resistance. Required by LACORS Housing - Fire Safety: guidance on fire safety provisions for certain types of existing housing (July 2008).
Kitchen heat detector
RequiredA linked heat detector in the kitchen
“additional interlinked heat alarm with integral battery back-up located in the kitchen”
If it's missing: High priority in your action plan
Not every kitchen has a linked heat alarm. Fit an interlinked heat alarm in each kitchen. Required by LACORS Housing - Fire Safety: guidance on fire safety provisions for certain types of existing housing (July 2008).
Emergency lighting
Not needed hereNot needed in this example house
“Emergency escape lighting required only if the route is long or complex or where there is no effective borrowed light ... Shared house HMO of five or six storeys (shared cooking facilities) Conventional lighting and emergency escape lighting”
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