Leicester: landlord licensing
Leicester operates discretionary property licensing. Here is what is in force, what is coming, and how to check whether your property is affected.
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Active selective licensing
Selective licensing applies to ordinary private rented homes (not just HMOs) within a designated area.
Selective licensing
activeStreet-level designation within these wards (East/West/South clusters). Full road list in Annex A of designation notice.
- Dates
- 10 Oct 2022 – 9 Oct 2027
- Approx. fee
- £1,290 (£1,032 application + £258 on issue)
- Wards / areas
- Stoneygate, Westcotes, Fosse, Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields, Saffron
- Designated streets
- 192
Show the 192 designated streets
Transcribed from the council's published designation. Where only part of a street is covered, the house numbers are shown exactly as the council writes them.
- Abingdon Road
- Abingdon Walk
- Alma Street
- Arundel Street
- Ashleigh Road
- Balfour Street
- Barclay Street
- Bartholomew Street
- Bassett Street
- Battenberg Road
- Beaconsfield Road
- Beatrice Road
- Beckingham Road
- Biddulph Ave (1 -9 not 1A)
- Biddulph Street
- Bisley Street
- Blue Fox Close
- Bolton Road
- Bonchurch Street
- Borlace Street
- Bosworth Street
- Bramley Road
- Briton Street (3 - 43 odd and 8 - 38 even)
- Brooksby Street
- Browning Street
- Bruce Street
- Cambridge Street
- Canterbury Terrace
- Carlisle Street
- Catesby Street
- Cavendish Mews
- Cavendish Road
- Cedar Road
- Celt Street
- Central Road
- Chandos Street
- Chartley Road
- Chaucer Street
- Cherryleas Drive
- Church Avenue
- Clifford Street
- Clifton Road
- Compton Road
- Connaught Street
- Cranmer Street
- Cromer Street
- Daneshill Road
- Dannett Street
- Dannett Walk
- Danvers Road
- Dashwood Road
- Denton Street (1 -3 odd and 2 - 4 - even)
- Devana Road (1- 63a odd and 2 -10a even)
- Draper Street
- Dulverton Road
- Dunster Street
- Dunton Street
- Eastleigh Road
- Empire Road
- Equity Road
- Evington Footway
- Evington Place
- Evington Road (1 -159 odd and 2 - 118 even)
- Flora Street
- Fosse Road Central
- Fosse Road North
- Fosse Road South (1 -281 odd and 2a - 256 even)
- Franche Road
- Gaul Street
- Glenfield Road (1 -89 odd and 2 - 50 even)
- Glenfield Road East
- Guilford Street
- Haddenham Road (3 -135 odd and 2 - 130 even)
- Hamilton Street
- Hardwick Court
- Harrow Road
- Hawthorne Street
- Henton Road
- Herschell Street
- Hinckley Road (7 -265 odd and 2 - 238 even)
- Hoby Street
- Hopefield Road
- Hughenden Drive
- Imperial Avenue (3 -37 odd)
- Ingle Street
- Ivanhoe Street
- Ivy Road
- Kate Street
- Kimberley Road (3 -49 odd and 2 - 74 even)
- King Richards Road
- Kirby Road
- Knighton Fields Road West (7 -103 odd and 2 - 138 even)
- Lambert Road
- Latimer Street
- Laurel Road
- Lavender Road
- Linkway Gardens
- Livingstone Street
- London Road (148a - 220 even)
- Lonsdale Street
- Lothair Road
- Luther Street
- Lyme Road
- Mantle Road
- Marlow Road (1 -37 odd and 2 - 36 even)
- Marshall Street
- Mayfield Road
- Merton Avenue
- Minehead Street
- Mostyn Street
- Mountcastle Road
- Narborough Road (1 -259 odd and 2 - 330 even)
- New Park Road
- Newport Street
- Noble Street
- Mundella Street
- Muriel Road
- Myrtle Road
- Noel Street
- Nook Street
- Norfolk Street (11 -61 odd and 94 - 96 even)
- Norman Street
- Nugent Street
- Nutfield Road
- Oban Street
- Oliver Street
- Onslow Street
- Oxford Avenue
- Paton Street
- Pool Road
- Porlock Street
- Raymond Road
- Repton Street
- Ridley Street
- Ripon Street
- Rivers Street
- Roman Street
- Roslyn Street
- Rowan Street
- Ruby Street
- Ruding Road
- Ruding Terrace
- Rugby Street
- Saffron Hill Road
- Saffron Lane (179 -233 odd and 182 - 216 even)
- Saxon Street
- Shaftesbury Road
- Shakespeare Street
- Sheffield Street
- Sheridan Street
- Skipworth Street
- St Albans Road
- St Dunstan Road
- Tudor Close
- St James Road
- Tyndale Street
- Tyrrell Street
- Upperton Rise
- Upperton Road (1 -181 odd and 6 - 118 even)
- Vaughan Street
- Vernon Street
- Victoria Terrace
- Walton Street
- Warren Street
- St James Terrace
- St Pauls Road
- St Peters Road (25 -87 odd and 36 – 88a even)
- St Stephens Road
- Stephenson Drive (138 - 150 even)
- Storey Street
- Stretton Road
- Stuart Street
- Sutherland Street
- Sweetbriar Road
- Sykefield Avenue
- Sylvan Street
- Taunton Road
- Tennyson Street
- Tetuan Road
- Tewkesbury Street
- Thackeray Street
- Warwick Street
- Wentworth Road
- Westcotes Drive (1 -105 odd and 2 - 186 even)
- Western Road (3 -251a odd and 122a - 278 even)
- Westleigh Avenue
- Westleigh Road
- Wilberforce Road
- Wilmington Road
- Winchester Avenue
- Wolverton Road
- Woodgate (2 - 88 even)
Official local authority licensing designation
Mandatory HMO licensing (applies everywhere)
Regardless of local schemes, any property in Leicester let to 5 or more people forming 2 or more households, who share a kitchen, bathroom or toilet, needs a mandatory HMO licence under the Housing Act 2004. Licences last up to 5 years and the fee is set by the council.
Penalties for operating unlicensed
- Civil penalty of up to £40,000 per offence (raised from £30,000 on 1 May 2026).
- Rent Repayment Order of up to 24 months' rent, claimable by the tenant.
- Unlimited fine on criminal prosecution, plus possible banning order.
- Once the national PRS Database is live, unregistered landlords can be blocked from regaining possession.
Notes
Street-level within named wards; scheme covers small HMOs too. No separate additional scheme. Match against road lists not ward boundaries.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need a landlord licence in Leicester?
Leicester operates 1 selective licensing scheme(s). Whether your specific property needs a licence depends on its exact location and how it is let. Separately, mandatory HMO licensing still applies, to any property let to 5 or more people forming 2 or more households.
What is the penalty for an unlicensed property in Leicester?
Operating a licensable property without a licence can lead to a civil penalty of up to £40,000 per offence, a Rent Repayment Order of up to 24 months' rent, an unlimited fine on prosecution, and a banning order for serious or repeat offenders.
Can a tenant in Leicester claim rent back from an unlicensed landlord?
Yes. Letting a property that required a licence, without one, is an offence under section 72(1) or section 95(1) of the Housing Act 2004, and a tenant can apply to the First-tier Tribunal for a Rent Repayment Order of up to 24 months' rent for offences committed on or after 1 May 2026. No conviction is needed first, but the tribunal must be satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the offence was committed, and the application must be made within two years of it. Tribunals award a percentage of the rent rather than the maximum, following the method in Acheampong v Roman [2022] UKUT 239 (LC).
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Renting in Leicester?
If your home needed a licence and did not have one, you may be able to claim rent back
A Rent Repayment Order can be up to 24 months' rent, you apply to the tribunal yourself, and your landlord does not need to have been prosecuted. The deadline is two years from the offence.
🏛️ Government-backed data: built from official local authority licensing designations, ONS council boundaries and UK housing legislation (Housing Act 2004), verified as of July 2026. PRSCheck is an information service, not legal advice. Many schemes are designated at street or part-ward level; the paid report confirms the exact boundary and official source for your address. Browse all councils.