Property licensing in South East

7 of the 64 councils we track in South East operate a selective or additional HMO licensing scheme — 11%. Mandatory HMO licensing applies in every one of them regardless, wherever a property is let to five or more people forming two or more households. A licence from one council never covers a property in another.

Councils with a scheme

Arun
Additional HMO →
Brighton and Hove
Selective →Additional HMO →
Oxford
Selective →Additional HMO →
Portsmouth
Additional HMO →
Reading
Additional HMO →
Southampton
Additional HMO →
Woking
Additional HMO →

The rest of South East

No discretionary scheme is established for these councils. That means either the council has confirmed it operates none, or we have not established a position — each page says which. It never means a licence is definitely not needed: mandatory HMO licensing still applies, and a council can designate at any time.

Adur · Ashford · Basingstoke and Deane · Bracknell Forest · Buckinghamshire · Canterbury · Cherwell · Chichester · Crawley · Dartford · Dover · East Hampshire · Eastbourne · Eastleigh · Elmbridge · Epsom and Ewell · Fareham · Folkestone and Hythe · Gosport · Gravesham · Guildford · Hart · Hastings · Havant · Horsham · Isle of Wight · Lewes · Maidstone · Medway · Mid Sussex · Milton Keynes · Mole Valley · New Forest · Reigate and Banstead · Rother · Runnymede · Rushmoor · Sevenoaks · Slough · South Oxfordshire · Spelthorne · Surrey Heath · Swale · Tandridge · Test Valley · Thanet · Tonbridge and Malling · Tunbridge Wells · Vale of White Horse · Waverley · Wealden · West Berkshire · West Oxfordshire · Winchester · Windsor and Maidenhead · Wokingham · Worthing

Free compliance audit →Five questions, no sign-up. Tells you which duties apply to your property.Check your tenancy agreement →Unlicensed letting invalidates a section 21 notice.

Information tool, not legal advice. Confirm the position with the council before letting.