Selective licensing in Haringey

What the designation says

Haringey operates a selective licensing scheme covering the twelve wards in the east of the borough: White Hart Lane, Northumberland Park, Bruce Grove, Seven Sisters, Tottenham Hale, Tottenham Green, St Ann's, West Green, Harringay, Noel Park, Bounds Green and Woodside. It came into force on 17 November 2022 and runs for five years. Every privately rented home inside the zone let to one person, two people or a single household such as a family needs a licence, so an ordinary flat or family house is caught as well as shared housing. The council publishes a checker so a landlord can confirm whether a specific address falls inside the designation. The standard fee is £705.84 for the five-year licence, taken in two parts: £411.57 on application, covering administration, and £294.27 once the application is approved, covering compliance and enforcement. Letting an unlicensed property inside the zone is a criminal offence carrying a civil penalty of up to £30,000 or prosecution, and exposes the landlord to a rent repayment order.

What this means for a landlord

A licence must be in place before the property is let, not applied for afterwards. Operating unlicensed in a designated area is a criminal offence: a civil penalty of up to £30,000 per offence, a rent repayment order of up to twelve months' rent, and a section 21 notice that cannot be served while the property is unlicensed. Mandatory HMO licensing applies separately and everywhere, wherever a property is let to five or more people forming two or more households.

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