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Landlord licensing in Carmarthenshire
✓ Hand-verified 18 Aug 2026Beyond mandatory HMO licensing, Carmarthenshire 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.
The band is set by how many people live in the property.
| 3 people | £457.70 |
| 4 to 6 people | £624.90 |
| 7 to 10 people | £793.10 |
| 11 or more | £962.50 |
- Variation fees run per band at £23.60, £47.20, £70.70 and £94.30
Carmarthenshire — carmarthenshire.gov.wales, read 19 Aug 2026
Evidenced negative, council's own words (first-party research 18 Aug 2026): the council licensing page states "We currently operate one licensing schemes for privately rented properties in Carmarthenshire - a mandatory licensing scheme for houses in multiple occupation (HMO)... This applies to HMOs which are three or more storeys high and have five or more occupiers who do not form a single household... Mandatory licensing applies across the whole of Carmarthenshire." A prior SELECTIVE scheme did operate in Tyisha from 2014 to 2019 per the council's own consultation PDF; it has expired and no current s.80 designation exists. Rent Smart Wales is the separate national regime.
Evidenced negative, consultation completed with no designation (first-party research 18 Aug 2026): the council's dedicated Additional Licensing Scheme for HMOs page is archived showing the stages "Consultation open", "Consultation closed" and "Under review", all marked stage completed, with NO designation stage. Consultation ran 31/10/2024 12:00 to 14/02/2025 23:59 covering "the Tyisha and Glanymor Wards of Llanelli", proposing to cover "A property with 3 or more occupants, who form 2 or more household". No s.56 designation with commencement and end dates has been made. a Cabinet report or public notice on carmarthenshire.gov.wales flips this.
Common questions
Does Carmarthenshire have a selective licensing scheme?
No. Carmarthenshire 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 Carmarthenshire have an additional HMO licensing scheme?
No. Carmarthenshire 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 Carmarthenshire?
A mandatory HMO licence is required anywhere in England and Wales, including Carmarthenshire, 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.
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Source: Carmarthenshire licensing page →
Every landlord in Carmarthenshire 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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