The Bristol streets with the highest number of HMOs have been revealed by the council. And the data shows one street has more than a hundred houses of multiple occupancy.
The data - which was obtained by BristolLive via a Freedom of Information request - covers those neighbourhoods where a licensing scheme is in place, as the council doesn't hold a register of HMO outside these. Gloucester Road is the street in the city with the highest number of houses of multiple occupancy, with 125 such properties.
It is followed by Fishponds Road (92) and Whiteladies Road (86). High Kingsdown in Cotham has 85, with nearly a quarter of houses in Cotham classed to be HMOs according to data released by Bristol City Council.
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There are a total of 1,046 houses of multiple occupancy in the area, which means Cotham is the ward with the greatest density of HMO properties - 21.7 per cent of all housing there are HMOs.
But here are the streets in Bristol that have the highest number of HMOs:
(listed is the street name, the ward and the number of HMOs)
1. Gloucester Road, Horfield/ Ashley/ Bishopston & Ashley Down - 125
2. Fishponds Road, Eastville / Fromevale - 92
3. Whiteladies Road, Clifton Down - 86
4. High Kingsdown, Cotham - 85
5. Queens Road, Central / Clifton Down / Bishopston & Ashley Down - 70
6. Ashley Down Road, Bishopston & Ashley Down - 66
7. Pembroke Road, Clifton Down / Clifton - 60
8. Wilder Street, Ashley - 58
9. Redland Road, Cotham / Redland - 58
10. Cromwell Road, Ashley - 54
11. Tyndalls Park Road, Central - 49
12. Baldwin Street, Central - 47
13. St Michael's Hill, Central - 47
14. Trendlewood Park, Eastville - 46
15. Rupert Street, Central - 40
16. Chesterfield Road, Ashley - 40
17. Waverley Road, Cotham - 38
18. Alma Vale Road, Clifton Down - 37
19. Brynland Avenue, Bishopston & Ashley Down - 37
20. Coronation Road, Southville - 36
The council data also shows that, between April 2017 and April 2022, a total of 3,857 inspections were carried out. Of those, no enforcement action was taken in 3,231 cases.
A total of 626 inspections resulted in one or more enforcement actions being taken, with a total of 758 enforcement actions being taken. In one case, prosecution action was taken.
In 547 cases, informal improvement notices were issued and formal improvement notices were served in 23 occasions. Between April 2017 and March 2022, the council received 1,853 complaints about HMOs in the city.
In nearly half of those cases (871), the complaints were around hazards such as damp, mould or overcrowding. Complaints about tenancy relations added up to 462 and management issues accounted for 296 complaints.
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