Landlord licensing by council
80 of 296councils in England currently run a selective or additional (HMO) licensing scheme, and more are coming under the Renters' Rights Act 2025. Find your council below, or check a specific property by postcode.
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Arun
Additional
Ashfield
Selective
Barking and Dagenham
SelectiveAdditional
Barnet
Additional
Bedford
Additional
Bexley
Selective
Birmingham
SelectiveAdditional
Blackpool
Selective
Brent
SelectiveAdditional
Brighton and Hove
SelectiveAdditional
Bristol, City of
SelectiveAdditional
Burnley
Selective
Camden
Additional
Charnwood
SelectiveAdditional
County Durham
Selective
Coventry
Additional
Croydon
SelectiveAdditional
Ealing
SelectiveAdditional
East Staffordshire
Selective
Enfield
SelectiveAdditional
Gateshead
SelectiveAdditional
Gedling
Selective
Great Yarmouth
Selective
Greenwich
SelectiveAdditional
Hackney
SelectiveAdditional
Hammersmith and Fulham
SelectiveAdditional
Haringey
SelectiveAdditional
Harrow
SelectiveAdditional
Havering
SelectiveAdditional
Hillingdon
Additional
Hounslow
Additional
Islington
SelectiveAdditional
Kensington and Chelsea
Additional
Lambeth
SelectiveAdditional
Leeds
Selective
Leicester
Selective
Lewisham
SelectiveAdditional
Liverpool
Selective
Luton
SelectiveAdditional
Manchester
Selective
Mansfield
Selective
Merton
SelectiveAdditional
Middlesbrough
Selective
Newcastle upon Tyne
SelectiveAdditional
Newham
SelectiveAdditional
North East Lincolnshire
Selective
North Lincolnshire
Selective
North Yorkshire
Selective
Northumberland
Selective
Nottingham
SelectiveAdditional
Oadby and Wigston
Selective
Oldham
Selective
Oxford
SelectiveAdditional
Peterborough
SelectiveAdditional
Portsmouth
Additional
Reading
Additional
Redbridge
SelectiveAdditional
Rochdale
Additional
Rotherham
Selective
Salford
SelectiveAdditional
Sandwell
Additional
Sefton
SelectiveAdditional
Southampton
Additional
Southend-on-Sea
Selective
Southwark
SelectiveAdditional
Stockton-on-Tees
Selective
Sutton
Additional
Telford and Wrekin
Additional
Thurrock
SelectiveAdditional
Tower Hamlets
SelectiveAdditional
Walsall
Additional
Waltham Forest
SelectiveAdditional
Wandsworth
SelectiveAdditional
Warwick
Additional
West Northamptonshire
Additional
Westminster
SelectiveAdditional
Wirral
Selective
Woking
Additional
Worcester
Additional
York
Additional
All councils in England
Every council has a page covering its licensing position, mandatory HMO rules and penalties.
AdurAmber ValleyArun●Ashfield●AshfordBaberghBarking and Dagenham●Barnet●BarnsleyBasildonBasingstoke and DeaneBassetlawBath and North East SomersetBedford●Bexley●Birmingham●BlabyBlackburn with DarwenBlackpool●BolsoverBoltonBostonBournemouth, Christchurch and PooleBracknell ForestBradfordBraintreeBrecklandBrent●BrentwoodBrighton and Hove●Bristol, City of●BroadlandBromleyBromsgroveBroxbourneBroxtoweBuckinghamshireBurnley●BuryCalderdaleCambridgeCamden●Cannock ChaseCanterburyCastle PointCentral BedfordshireCharnwood●ChelmsfordCheltenhamCherwellCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterChesterfieldChichesterChorleyCity of LondonColchesterCornwallCotswoldCounty Durham●Coventry●CrawleyCroydon●CumberlandDacorumDarlingtonDartfordDerbyDerbyshire DalesDoncasterDorsetDoverDudleyEaling●East CambridgeshireEast DevonEast HampshireEast HertfordshireEast LindseyEast Riding of YorkshireEast Staffordshire●East SuffolkEastbourneEastleighElmbridgeEnfield●Epping ForestEpsom and EwellErewashExeterFarehamFenlandFolkestone and HytheForest of DeanFyldeGateshead●Gedling●GloucesterGosportGraveshamGreat Yarmouth●Greenwich●GuildfordHackney●HaltonHammersmith and Fulham●HarboroughHaringey●HarlowHarrow●HartHartlepoolHastingsHavantHavering●Herefordshire, County ofHertsmereHigh PeakHillingdon●Hinckley and BosworthHorshamHounslow●HuntingdonshireHyndburnIpswichIsle of WightIsles of ScillyIslington●Kensington and Chelsea●King's Lynn and West NorfolkKingston upon Hull, City ofKingston upon ThamesKirkleesKnowsleyLambeth●LancasterLeeds●Leicester●LewesLewisham●LichfieldLincolnLiverpool●Luton●MaidstoneMaldonMalvern HillsManchester●Mansfield●MedwayMeltonMerton●Mid DevonMid SuffolkMid SussexMiddlesbrough●Milton KeynesMole ValleyNew ForestNewark and SherwoodNewcastle upon Tyne●Newcastle-under-LymeNewham●North DevonNorth East DerbyshireNorth East Lincolnshire●North HertfordshireNorth KestevenNorth Lincolnshire●North NorfolkNorth NorthamptonshireNorth SomersetNorth TynesideNorth WarwickshireNorth West LeicestershireNorth Yorkshire●Northumberland●NorwichNottingham●Nuneaton and BedworthOadby and Wigston●Oldham●Oxford●PendlePeterborough●PlymouthPortsmouth●PrestonReading●Redbridge●Redcar and ClevelandRedditchReigate and BansteadRibble ValleyRichmond upon ThamesRochdale●RochfordRossendaleRotherRotherham●RugbyRunnymedeRushcliffeRushmoorRutlandSalford●Sandwell●Sefton●SevenoaksSheffieldShropshireSloughSolihullSomersetSouth CambridgeshireSouth DerbyshireSouth GloucestershireSouth HamsSouth HollandSouth KestevenSouth NorfolkSouth OxfordshireSouth RibbleSouth StaffordshireSouth TynesideSouthampton●Southend-on-Sea●Southwark●SpelthorneSt AlbansSt. HelensStaffordStaffordshire MoorlandsStevenageStockportStockton-on-Tees●Stoke-on-TrentStratford-on-AvonStroudSunderlandSurrey HeathSutton●SwaleSwindonTamesideTamworthTandridgeTeignbridgeTelford and Wrekin●TendringTest ValleyTewkesburyThanetThree RiversThurrock●Tonbridge and MallingTorbayTorridgeTower Hamlets●TraffordTunbridge WellsUttlesfordVale of White HorseWakefieldWalsall●Waltham Forest●Wandsworth●WarringtonWarwick●WatfordWaverleyWealdenWelwyn HatfieldWest BerkshireWest DevonWest LancashireWest LindseyWest Northamptonshire●West OxfordshireWest SuffolkWestminster●Westmorland and FurnessWiganWiltshireWinchesterWindsor and MaidenheadWirral●Woking●WokinghamWolverhamptonWorcester●WorthingWychavonWyreWyre ForestYork●