Landlord licensing by council
90 of the 361councils in the UK currently run a selective or additional (HMO) licensing scheme, and more are coming under the Renters' Rights Act 2025. Those powers exist in England and Wales only; Scottish and Northern Irish councils use national registration and HMO licensing instead. Find your council below, or check a specific property by postcode.
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Councils with active or upcoming schemes
Arun
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Ashfield
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Barking and Dagenham
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Barnet
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Bedford
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Bexley
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Birmingham
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Blackpool
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Brent
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Brighton and Hove
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Bristol, City of
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Burnley
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Camden
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Cardiff
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Ceredigion
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Charnwood
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Conwy
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County Durham
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Coventry
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Croydon
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Denbighshire
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Doncaster
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Ealing
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East Staffordshire
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Enfield
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Flintshire
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Gateshead
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Gedling
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Great Yarmouth
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Greenwich
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Hackney
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Hammersmith and Fulham
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Haringey
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Harrow
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Havering
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Hillingdon
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Hounslow
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Islington
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Kensington and Chelsea
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Lambeth
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Leeds
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Leicester
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Lewisham
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Liverpool
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Luton
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Manchester
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Mansfield
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Merton
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Middlesbrough
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Newcastle upon Tyne
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Newham
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Newport
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North East Lincolnshire
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North Lincolnshire
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North Yorkshire
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Northumberland
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Nottingham
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Oadby and Wigston
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Oldham
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Oxford
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Peterborough
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Portsmouth
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Reading
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Redbridge
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Rhondda Cynon Taf
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Rochdale
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Rotherham
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Salford
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Sandwell
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Sefton
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Southampton
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Southend-on-Sea
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Southwark
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Stockton-on-Tees
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Sutton
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Swansea
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Telford and Wrekin
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Thurrock
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Tower Hamlets
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Walsall
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Waltham Forest
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Wandsworth
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Warwick
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West Northamptonshire
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Westminster
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Wirral
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Woking
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Worcester
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Wrexham
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York
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All councils in England
Every council has a page covering its licensing position, mandatory HMO rules and penalties.
Aberdeen CityAberdeenshireAdurAmber ValleyAngusAntrim and NewtownabbeyArds and North DownArgyll and ButeArmagh City, Banbridge and CraigavonArun●Ashfield●AshfordBaberghBarking and Dagenham●Barnet●BarnsleyBasildonBasingstoke and DeaneBassetlawBath and North East SomersetBedford●BelfastBexley●Birmingham●BlabyBlackburn with DarwenBlackpool●Blaenau GwentBolsoverBoltonBostonBournemouth, Christchurch and PooleBracknell ForestBradfordBraintreeBrecklandBrent●BrentwoodBridgendBrighton and Hove●Bristol, City of●BroadlandBromleyBromsgroveBroxbourneBroxtoweBuckinghamshireBurnley●BuryCaerphillyCalderdaleCambridgeCamden●Cannock ChaseCanterburyCardiff●CarmarthenshireCastle PointCauseway Coast and GlensCentral BedfordshireCeredigion●Charnwood●ChelmsfordCheltenhamCherwellCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterChesterfieldChichesterChorleyCity of EdinburghCity of LondonClackmannanshireColchesterConwy●CornwallCotswoldCounty Durham●Coventry●CrawleyCroydon●CumberlandDacorumDarlingtonDartfordDenbighshire●DerbyDerbyshire DalesDerry City and StrabaneDoncaster●DorsetDoverDudleyDumfries and GallowayDundee CityEaling●East AyrshireEast CambridgeshireEast DevonEast DunbartonshireEast HampshireEast HertfordshireEast LindseyEast LothianEast RenfrewshireEast Riding of YorkshireEast Staffordshire●East SuffolkEastbourneEastleighElmbridgeEnfield●Epping ForestEpsom and EwellErewashExeterFalkirkFarehamFenlandFermanagh and OmaghFifeFlintshire●Folkestone and HytheForest of DeanFyldeGateshead●Gedling●Glasgow CityGloucesterGosportGraveshamGreat Yarmouth●Greenwich●GuildfordGwyneddHackney●HaltonHammersmith and Fulham●HarboroughHaringey●HarlowHarrow●HartHartlepoolHastingsHavantHavering●Herefordshire, County ofHertsmereHigh PeakHighlandHillingdon●Hinckley and BosworthHorshamHounslow●HuntingdonshireHyndburnInverclydeIpswichIsle of AngleseyIsle of WightIsles of ScillyIslington●Kensington and Chelsea●King's Lynn and West NorfolkKingston upon Hull, City ofKingston upon ThamesKirkleesKnowsleyLambeth●LancasterLeeds●Leicester●LewesLewisham●LichfieldLincolnLisburn and CastlereaghLiverpool●Luton●MaidstoneMaldonMalvern HillsManchester●Mansfield●MedwayMeltonMerthyr TydfilMerton●Mid and East AntrimMid DevonMid SuffolkMid SussexMid UlsterMiddlesbrough●MidlothianMilton KeynesMole ValleyMonmouthshireMorayNa h-Eileanan SiarNeath Port TalbotNew ForestNewark and SherwoodNewcastle upon Tyne●Newcastle-under-LymeNewham●Newport●Newry, Mourne and DownNorth AyrshireNorth DevonNorth East DerbyshireNorth East Lincolnshire●North HertfordshireNorth KestevenNorth LanarkshireNorth Lincolnshire●North NorfolkNorth NorthamptonshireNorth SomersetNorth TynesideNorth WarwickshireNorth West LeicestershireNorth Yorkshire●Northumberland●NorwichNottingham●Nuneaton and BedworthOadby and Wigston●Oldham●Orkney IslandsOxford●PembrokeshirePendlePerth and KinrossPeterborough●PlymouthPortsmouth●PowysPrestonReading●Redbridge●Redcar and ClevelandRedditchReigate and BansteadRenfrewshireRhondda Cynon Taf●Ribble ValleyRichmond upon ThamesRochdale●RochfordRossendaleRotherRotherham●RugbyRunnymedeRushcliffeRushmoorRutlandSalford●Sandwell●Scottish BordersSefton●SevenoaksSheffieldShetland IslandsShropshireSloughSolihullSomersetSouth AyrshireSouth CambridgeshireSouth DerbyshireSouth GloucestershireSouth HamsSouth HollandSouth KestevenSouth LanarkshireSouth NorfolkSouth OxfordshireSouth RibbleSouth StaffordshireSouth TynesideSouthampton●Southend-on-Sea●Southwark●SpelthorneSt AlbansSt. HelensStaffordStaffordshire MoorlandsStevenageStirlingStockportStockton-on-Tees●Stoke-on-TrentStratford-on-AvonStroudSunderlandSurrey HeathSutton●SwaleSwansea●SwindonTamesideTamworthTandridgeTeignbridgeTelford and Wrekin●TendringTest ValleyTewkesburyThanetThree RiversThurrock●Tonbridge and MallingTorbayTorfaenTorridgeTower Hamlets●TraffordTunbridge WellsUttlesfordVale of GlamorganVale of White HorseWakefieldWalsall●Waltham Forest●Wandsworth●WarringtonWarwick●WatfordWaverleyWealdenWelwyn HatfieldWest BerkshireWest DevonWest DunbartonshireWest LancashireWest LindseyWest LothianWest Northamptonshire●West OxfordshireWest SuffolkWestminster●Westmorland and FurnessWiganWiltshireWinchesterWindsor and MaidenheadWirral●Woking●WokinghamWolverhamptonWorcester●WorthingWrexham●WychavonWyreWyre ForestYork●