Landlord licensing in East Riding of Yorkshire

Required for any HMO let to 5 or more people forming 2+ households who share facilities.

Evidenced negative by enumeration (first-party research 18 Aug 2026): no s.80 selective designation appears anywhere on the council domain; the council operates mandatory HMO licensing for single lets plus the Goole additional scheme referenced separately. Fee: "5-year HMO licence: GBP 1,205.00 for 5-bedroom property PLUS GBP 25 per additional bedroom" effective 1 April 2026, one-year GBP 510, five-year renewal GBP 1,015, with penalties stated as "an unlimited fine, or a civil penalty up to GBP 40,000". a Goole HMO Article 4 Direction consultation launched 2026 relating to a flood-risk Rapid Inundation Zone.

East Riding of Yorkshire operates no additional HMO licensing scheme under s.56 currently in force. Read first-party 21 Aug 2026 from the council's licensing page, last updated 7 May 2026. The page is headed "What is mandatory licencing", defines the licensable HMO solely by the national threshold ("5 or more people, forming 2 or more households, who are sharing facilities such as toilets, bathrooms and kitchens regardless of the number of storeys"), and publishes a SINGLE fee table with one licence type: from 1 April 2026, five-year licence £1,205 for a five-bedroom property plus £25 per additional bedroom, one-year £510, renewal five-year £1,015, replacement licence £45, pre-application advice visit £240 including VAT. There is no additional-scheme fee anywhere on the page. the only mention of an additional scheme sits inside the section headed "What are the changes to mandatory HMO licensing from 1 October 2018?" and reads "If you currently have an HMO licensed under the council's additional licensing scheme which operates in Goole and it falls under the new definition of a mandatory licensable HMO, your current licence will remain valid, and no action is needed until it comes up for renewal." That is a transitional note written for the October 2018 change, telling holders of pre-existing Goole additional licences that those licences survived until renewal. HMO licences last a maximum of five years, so every such licence had renewed by October 2023 at the latest, and a designation itself lasts a maximum of five years under s.60(2). The present-tense verb in an eight-year-old transitional paragraph is stale wording, not a live designation. No designation notice, commencement date, end date, ward or street schedule, or scheme fee exists anywhere on eastriding.gov.uk or its committee portal. Distinguished from Hull, a separate city authority, and from York, North Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire. Established 21 Aug 2026.