Property licensing for landlords

Mandatory HMO licensing applies everywhere in England. Some councils add additional HMO licensing or selective licensing for part or all of their area. Check your council, see the map, or read the rules.

Property licensing checkerAdditional and selective licensing schemes by council.Use free tool →Property licensing mapWhich councils run extra HMO or selective licensing, where and until when.See the map → HMO licensing guideDoes your property need a licence, and what the database asks.Read the guide →

Council pages by region

13 councils in the first two regions to register run additional or selective schemes. Each page has the scheme, the area it covers, its dates and the council's official link, checked on 2 October 2026. Every other council in these two regions has mandatory HMO licensing only: find it in the checker.

West Midlands

Birmingham selective licensing and additional hmo licensing
Coventry additional hmo licensing
East Staffordshire selective licensing
Sandwell additional hmo licensing
Walsall additional hmo licensing
Warwick additional hmo licensing
Worcester additional hmo licensing

East of England

Bedford additional hmo licensing
Great Yarmouth selective licensing
Luton selective licensing and additional hmo licensing
Peterborough selective licensing and additional hmo licensing
Southend-on-Sea selective licensing
Thurrock selective licensing and additional hmo licensing

Licensing and the PRS database

Registration asks for each property's licence number. The West Midlands registers first (deadline), then the East of England (deadline); see all regions.

General information, not legal advice. Councils change schemes: always confirm on the council's own page.