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Landlord licensing in Monmouthshire
✓ Hand-verified 18 Aug 2026Beyond mandatory HMO licensing, Monmouthshire 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.
Monmouthshire 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, council's own words (first-party research 18 Aug 2026, page last updated 5 March 2026): the council states "In Monmouthshire there is only one type of licensing - Mandatory Licensing." Corroborated by the council's own HMO licensing policy of February 2017, which records that it does "not intend to apply for new powers to introduce selective licensing for all private sector housing (including non HMOs) in designated areas", reasoning there are "no areas of low housing demand in the County and no problems with anti social behaviour associated with particular types or areas of housing at present". Rent Smart Wales is the separate national regime.
Evidenced negative, council's own words (first-party research 18 Aug 2026): "In Monmouthshire there is only one type of licensing - Mandatory Licensing" settles this flag. the page still describes the pre-October-2018 test of three storeys or more, which is out of date; the operative mandatory test is five or more persons in two or more households. That is a currency problem in the council's content, not evidence of a discretionary scheme. No fee figure published.
Common questions
Does Monmouthshire have a selective licensing scheme?
No. Monmouthshire 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 Monmouthshire have an additional HMO licensing scheme?
No. Monmouthshire 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 Monmouthshire?
A mandatory HMO licence is required anywhere in England and Wales, including Monmouthshire, 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: Monmouthshire licensing page →
Every landlord in Monmouthshire 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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