Council licensing database

UK councils with selective licensing

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Every council in England and Wales, with the position we hold on each. We have confirmed a live selective or additional scheme on 88 of 317, each traced to the council's own designation. Mandatory HMO licensing applies in all 317. A further 4 have designated a scheme that has not yet commenced — those pages say from which date, and are not counted above.

Where we have not established a council's discretionary position, its page says so rather than guessing. That is 2 councils today. A list that quietly reports “no scheme” for a council nobody checked is how a landlord ends up unlicensed.

Letting in Scotland? Scotland has its own legal system and our compliance check and fine calculator do not cover it. What we do have is a Scotland guide cluster written and cited to Scottish instruments — landlord registration, HMO licensing at three occupants and the rest — and Scottish councils are being added to this database, with fees published for the ones we have read.

Last updated 25 August 2026 — this date moves when a council record changes, not when the page is rebuilt.

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