HMO fire risk assessment
Fire risk assessments for Peterborough HMOs.
Every Peterborough HMO needs a written fire risk assessment. Do yours online to BS 9792:2025, and see what Peterborough's own fire safety rules mean for your house.
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East of England
Peterborough's HMO fire safety rules
Peterborough publishes its own HMO fire safety standard, "Fire Safety Standards in Houses in Multiple Occupations (HMOs), on the HMO standards and regulations page" (Page last updated 28 August 2026). FRASafe's assessment follows BS 9792:2025 and LACORS. Below is what Peterborough's rules ask for in a typical house, so you know what to expect.
- Assessment for the licence
- Yes, as a licence condition
- Who can carry it out
- No rule on who writes it
- Last checked
- 14 October 2026
Running an HMO in Peterborough
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
Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service covers Peterborough.
Source: cambsfire.gov.uk- Additional licensing
Peterborough runs additional licensing in the whole city, from 26 January 2026 to 25 January 2031, so smaller HMOs there need a licence too, not only those big enough for a mandatory licence.
Source: peterborough.gov.ukShow the official wording
“This city-wide scheme came into force on 26 January 2026.”
- Selective licensing
Peterborough runs selective licensing in parts of 10 wards (Bretton, Central, East, Fletton and Stanground, Fletton and Woodston, North, Orton Waterville, Park, Paston and Walton, and Stanground South), from 11 March 2024 to 10 March 2029, so most privately rented homes there need a licence, not just HMOs.
Source: peterborough.gov.ukShow the official wording
“The Selective Licensing Scheme began on 11 March 2024 and will run for five years until 10 March 2029.”
- Licence fee
A new HMO licence from Peterborough costs £1,100 (Part A £367 and Part B £733, both paid when you apply).
Source: peterborough.gov.ukShow the official wording
“Part A fee = £367 Part B fee = £733 Total fee = £1,100”
Applying for or renewing your Peterborough HMO licence? Peterborough makes a written fire risk assessment a licence condition, and can ask to see it at any time.
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What your Peterborough fire risk assessment will check
A typical 3-storey shared house with 6 tenants, run through Peterborough'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, plus a linked smoke alarm in each letting)
“2 Storey Dwellings containing 3-4 persons ... Dwelling with a shared kitchen: Grade D, LD3 system with mains-powered smoke alarms with battery backup on all escape routes (hallways, landings) ... Dwelling with cooking in bedsits: Grade D, LD2 system with interlinked smoke detectors in the escape route and common areas with additional interlinked heat detectors in each bedsit and non-interlinked smoke alarms in each bedsit ... 2 Storey Dwellings containing 5+ persons ... Dwelling with a shared kitchen: Grade D, LD2 system with interlinked smoke detectors in the escape route, common areas and bedrooms + additional interlinked heat detector in each kitchen ... Dwelling with cooking in bedsits: Mixed system Grade A, LD2 system with interlinked smoke detectors in the escape route and common areas with additional heat detectors in bedsits (interlinked). Grade D mains powered smoke alarm in each bedsit (non-interlinked) ... Dwelling with a shared kitchen: Mixed system Grade A, LD2 system with interlinked smoke detectors in the escape route and in all bedrooms, kitchens and lounges and additional interlinked heat detector in each kitchen”
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 HMO standards and regulations (Peterborough City Council web page) (Last updated 28 August 2026).
Fire doors
RequiredFire doors with self-closers on every bedroom and the kitchen
“Dwelling with cooking in bedsits: 30-minute fire doors (complete with self-closers, intumescent strips, cold smoke seals and 3x 100mm heavy duty hinges) to all risk rooms* ... Risk rooms are defined as any room which includes cooking facilities ... 30-minute fire doors (complete with self-closers, intumescent strips, cold smoke seals and 3x 100mm heavy duty hinges) to all letting rooms, common lounges and kitchens (and boiler cupboards if located on the escape route)”
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 HMO standards and regulations (Peterborough City Council web page) (Last updated 28 August 2026).
Escape route
RequiredA protected escape route, with the hall and stairs giving 30 minutes' fire resistance
“2 Storey Dwellings containing 3-4 persons Item: Fire separation (walls/partitions/ceilings) Peterborough City Council standard: Escape routes of sound construction ... 2 Storey Dwellings containing 5+ persons Item: Fire separation (walls/partitions/ceilings) Peterborough City Council Standard: 30-minute protected escape route”
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 HMO standards and regulations (Peterborough City Council web page) (Last updated 28 August 2026).
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
“Dwelling with cooking in bedsits: Conventional lighting (and emergency escape lighting if risk requires or there is no effective borrowed light) ... Dwelling with a shared kitchen: Conventional lighting and emergency escape lighting”
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