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Landlord licensing in Anglesey
✓ Hand-verified 18 Aug 2026Beyond mandatory HMO licensing, Anglesey does not currently operate a selective or additional licensing scheme. Here's the current position.
Required for any HMO let to 5 or more people forming 2+ households who share facilities.
Anglesey sets this fee under section 63(3) of the Housing Act 2004. Its current charge is not yet recorded here.
The council’s own licensing page carries the charge that applies today — confirm it there before you budget.
Not established is not the same as free.
Evidenced negative by enumeration (first-party research 17 Aug 2026): the council HMO page addresses only mandatory licensing under the Housing Act 2004 - "Licensing is mandatory for all HMOs which have three or more storeys and are occupied by five or more persons forming two or more households". No s.80 designation referenced. Rent Smart Wales is a separate national regime and is not a selective designation. Welsh Government reports no local authority has operated selective licensing since 2017-18.
Evidenced negative by enumeration (first-party research 17 Aug 2026): no s.56 additional HMO scheme is referenced on the council HMO page, which addresses only the Welsh mandatory regime - "Licensing is mandatory for all HMOs which have three or more storeys and are occupied by five or more persons forming two or more households". Rent Smart Wales is a separate national registration and licensing regime and is not a Housing Act 2004 designation. Fee not published on the page; only the section 232 HMO register copy charge of GBP 50.72 appears.
Common questions
Does Anglesey have a selective licensing scheme?
No. Anglesey does not currently operate a selective licensing scheme. Mandatory HMO licensing still applies wherever a property is let to five or more people forming two or more households.
Does Anglesey have an additional HMO licensing scheme?
No. Anglesey does not currently operate an additional HMO licensing scheme. Mandatory HMO licensing still applies wherever a property is let to five or more people forming two or more households.
Do I need an HMO licence in Anglesey?
A mandatory HMO licence is required anywhere in England and Wales, including Anglesey, where a property is let to five or more people forming two or more households who share basic amenities. Smaller shared houses may also need a licence where an additional licensing scheme applies.
- Free landlord compliance check — five questions, no account
- Tenancy agreement checker — findings cited to the Act and section
- Selective licensing explained: who needs it, how to check
- Additional HMO licensing: the scheme for small shared houses
- Selective, additional or mandatory: which licence applies
- Do I need a licence to rent out my house?
Welsh letting law is not English letting law. These cover what actually applies here.
All property licensing in Wales →
Source: Anglesey licensing page →
Every landlord in Anglesey also needs
A valid Gas Safety certificate (annual), an EICR (every 5 years), a valid EPC, a protected deposit, and smoke & CO alarms. In Wales you must also be licensed with Rent Smart Wales (or use a licensed agent), issue a written occupation contract and the accompanying written statement, and comply with the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 — which replaced assured shorthold tenancies with occupation contracts and ended Section 21 in Wales in December 2022. The England-only How to Rent guide and Renters' Rights Act Information Sheet do not apply here.
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