Landlord licensing in Tameside

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

No selective licensing scheme is in force in Tameside. Two of the council's own sources were checked on 9 August 2026 and neither shows a live designation. The Tameside and Glossop Inequalities Reference Group report on the private rented sector — the committee record the previous note pointed to — recommends that "the Executive considers options and benefits of the Council introducing a selective licensing scheme in designated areas of the borough", and adds that a comprehensive evidence appraisal, feasibility study and impact assessment would need to be undertaken first. That is a scheme at the pre-consideration stage, several steps before designation. Separately, Tameside's own Private Sector Housing page sets out its work on energy efficiency, housing standards, empty properties and houses in multiple occupation and does not mention selective licensing at all — a council operating a designation would have to say so on that page, because landlords in the designated wards would need to apply. Mandatory HMO licensing applies in Tameside as it does everywhere, and the council's HMO page gives only the five-or-more test, so no additional scheme operates either.

Tameside does not operate an additional licensing scheme. The council's own houses in multiple occupation pages describe only the national mandatory regime: a licence is required where five or more people live in the property in two or more separate households sharing facilities. Smaller shared houses let to three or four people forming two or more households are therefore outside HMO licensing in Tameside. The council warns that failing to licence a property when required can lead to a fine and a criminal record. A landlord letting a smaller share should still confirm the position directly before letting, since a council can designate an additional scheme at any time.