Property Licence

Coverage and accuracy

Property Licence covers selective and additional HMO licensing for every local housing authority in England. Each record follows the council's own published decisions, and we update it when a council starts, changes or ends a scheme.

What we cover

296

Councils covered

Every local housing authority in England.

133

Local schemes in force

Selective and additional HMO licensing.

5

Confirmed and starting soon

Approved by the council, not yet live.

37

Councils proposing or consulting

New schemes under consultation or decision.

10

Schemes ended in the last 12 months

Expired or revoked, and no longer applied.

Mandatory HMO licensing applies across England and is covered for every council. See the coverage map for each council's schemes.

How current it is

  • 133 of 133 local schemes in force were re-confirmed against the council in the last 7 days.
  • Independently re-checked 30 councils in November 2026: 28/30 fully correct (93.3%).

Recent changes

Council decisions from the last six months, and confirmed changes coming up. Each one is already reflected in our results.

  1. Medway: new additional HMO licensing confirmed, starts 4 Jan 2027

  2. Medway: new selective licensing confirmed, starts 4 Jan 2027

  3. East Staffordshire: new selective licensing confirmed, starts 1 Jan 2027

  4. Salford: new additional HMO licensing confirmed, starts 24 Nov 2026

  5. Islington: new selective licensing confirmed, starts 23 Nov 2026

  6. Norwich: consultation on selective licensing opened, closes 24 Jan 2027

  7. Norwich: consultation on additional HMO licensing opened, closes 24 Jan 2027

  8. Southend-on-Sea: consultation on selective licensing opened, closes 31 Dec 2026

  9. Burnley: consultation on selective licensing closed

  10. Halton: consultation on selective licensing closed, decision due January 2027

  11. Greenwich: consultation on selective licensing closed, decision due January 2027

  12. North Yorkshire: consultation on selective licensing closed, decision due January 2027

  13. Preston: consultation on selective licensing closed

  14. Liverpool: consultation on selective licensing closed

  15. Newcastle upon Tyne: Greater High Cross and Byker selective licensing 2021 ended

  16. Tower Hamlets: selective licensing 2021 to 2026 ended

  17. Ealing: consultation on additional HMO licensing closed, decision due December 2026

  18. Slough: consultation on additional HMO licensing closed

  19. Slough: consultation on selective licensing closed

  20. Barnet: consultation on selective licensing closed, decision due November 2026

  21. Telford and Wrekin: additional HMO licensing 2026 revoked

  22. Harrow: Wealdstone selective licensing 2021 to 2026 ended

  23. Enfield: selective licensing 2021 to 2026 ended

  24. Tamworth: consultation on additional HMO licensing closed, decision due December 2026

  25. County Durham: consultation on selective licensing closed, decision due November 2026

  26. Harrow: additional HMO licensing 2021 to 2026 ended

  27. Salford: additional HMO licensing 2021 to 2026 ended

  28. Middlesbrough: North Ormesby selective landlord licensing ended

  29. Oxford: additional HMO licensing 2021 to 2026 ended

For portfolios

Portfolio operators, housing providers and compliance teams can check every property they manage through the API. When a council changes a scheme, we re-check the affected properties and send a webhook alert that lists which ones changed, so nobody has to watch council websites.

Every result links to the council's own scheme page, application page or public register, so your team can confirm it at the source.

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