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Landlord licensing in Tamworth
✓ Hand-verified 21 Aug 2026Beyond mandatory HMO licensing, Tamworth 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.
The band is set by how many people live in the property.
| Part A | £318 |
| Part B | £380 |
| Total, 5 persons | £698 |
| 6 to 10 persons | £778 |
| 11 or more | £858 |
- Advisory visit £118, which reduces Stage 1 by £50 if an application follows
Tamworth — tamworth.gov.uk, read 19 Aug 2026
Tamworth operates no selective licensing designation under s.80. Read first-party 21 Aug 2026. The council's HMO page states the licensing trigger as "There are five or more tenants living as two or more households" and "Tenants share facilities such as a kitchen, bathroom and toilet", which is the national mandatory threshold, and presents mandatory HMO licensing as the only regime operating in the borough. No selective designation, public notice or consultation appears anywhere on tamworth.gov.uk; the council's only discretionary activity is an ADDITIONAL licensing proposal, which is a different regime under Part 2. Distinguished from Lichfield, Cannock Chase, North Warwickshire and Staffordshire County Council. Established 21 Aug 2026.
Tamworth operates no additional HMO licensing scheme under s.56. A PROPOSAL exists and its consultation has just closed, but no designation has been made. The council's news release of 21 July 2026 describes it explicitly as a proposal throughout: "a proposal to introduce additional licensing for Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs)", seeking "views on extending licensing to HMOs occupied by three or four people", and states "The consultation, which closes on 20 August 2026". That closing date was yesterday. The council's evidence base: 131 known HMOs in the borough with a further 29 under review, over half falling outside mandatory licensing, and a noticeable recent increase in four-bedroom HMOs being let. The live HMO page, read the same day, still states the licensing trigger as five or more tenants in two or more households, with no additional scheme and no additional fee. A consultation that has closed is not a designation: a scheme requires a designation date, a commencement date, an end date, a designated area and a fee, and none exists. Established 21 Aug 2026.
Tamworth has consulted on this scheme but has not designated it. No licence is required on this basis and none can be applied for. The position above is the current legal position. This is here so a decision does not arrive as a surprise.
An additional licensing scheme extending licensing to houses in multiple occupation occupied by three or four people, which currently fall outside mandatory licensing.
- Bring the property up to licensing standard now. Licence conditions are largely the duties you already have — current gas and electrical certificates, working smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, written terms of occupancy — and a scheme that is designated typically starts within months, not years.
- The council has not published a proposed fee. Budget for one anyway — comparable schemes run to several hundred pounds or more per property — and treat any figure you see quoted elsewhere as unverified until the council publishes it.
- Do not apply or pay for a licence yet. There is no scheme to license against, and no council can accept an application for a designation it has not made.
- We check Tamworth twice a week for the decision and update this page. If you have a property here on Landlord HQ, the licensing requirement is added to its checklist and you are emailed when the scheme is designated.
Common questions
Does Tamworth have a selective licensing scheme?
No. Tamworth 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 Tamworth have an additional HMO licensing scheme?
No. Tamworth 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 Tamworth?
A mandatory HMO licence is required anywhere in England and Wales, including Tamworth, 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
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Every landlord in Tamworth also needs
A valid Gas Safety certificate (annual), an EICR (every 5 years), a valid EPC, a protected deposit, smoke & CO alarms, the Renters' Rights Act Information Sheet, and a current How to Rent guide — plus the new Section 8 possession rules since Section 21 was abolished on 1 May 2026.
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