Property licensing in Wales

10 of the 22 councils we track in Wales operate a selective or additional HMO licensing scheme — 45%. 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

Cardiff
Additional HMO
Ceredigion
Additional HMO →
Conwy
Additional HMO →
Denbighshire
Additional HMO →
Flintshire
Additional HMO →
Gwynedd
Additional HMO →
Newport
Additional HMO →
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Additional HMO →
Swansea
Additional HMO →
Wrexham
Additional HMO →

The rest of Wales

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.

Anglesey · Blaenau Gwent · Bridgend · Caerphilly · Carmarthenshire · Merthyr Tydfil · Monmouthshire · Neath Port Talbot · Pembrokeshire · Powys · Torfaen · Vale of Glamorgan

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.