# Property licensing for landlords

> Property licensing for landlords: use the checker and the map, read the HMO guide, and open any of the 13 council pages for selective and additional schemes.

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 checker — Additional and selective licensing schemes by council. — Use free tool →](https://landlorddeadlines.co.uk/property-licensing-checker/)

- [Property licensing map — Which councils run extra HMO or selective licensing, where and until when. — See the map →](https://landlorddeadlines.co.uk/property-licensing-map/)

- [HMO licensing guide — Does your property need a licence, and what the database asks. — Read the guide →](https://landlorddeadlines.co.uk/hmo-licensing/)

## 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](https://landlorddeadlines.co.uk/property-licensing-checker/).

### West Midlands

- [Birmingham](https://landlorddeadlines.co.uk/property-licensing/birmingham/) selective licensing and additional hmo licensing
- [Coventry](https://landlorddeadlines.co.uk/property-licensing/coventry/) additional hmo licensing
- [East Staffordshire](https://landlorddeadlines.co.uk/property-licensing/east-staffordshire/) selective licensing
- [Sandwell](https://landlorddeadlines.co.uk/property-licensing/sandwell/) additional hmo licensing
- [Walsall](https://landlorddeadlines.co.uk/property-licensing/walsall/) additional hmo licensing
- [Warwick](https://landlorddeadlines.co.uk/property-licensing/warwick/) additional hmo licensing
- [Worcester](https://landlorddeadlines.co.uk/property-licensing/worcester/) additional hmo licensing

### East of England

- [Bedford](https://landlorddeadlines.co.uk/property-licensing/bedford/) additional hmo licensing
- [Great Yarmouth](https://landlorddeadlines.co.uk/property-licensing/great-yarmouth/) selective licensing
- [Luton](https://landlorddeadlines.co.uk/property-licensing/luton/) selective licensing and additional hmo licensing
- [Peterborough](https://landlorddeadlines.co.uk/property-licensing/peterborough/) selective licensing and additional hmo licensing
- [Southend-on-Sea](https://landlorddeadlines.co.uk/property-licensing/southend-on-sea/) selective licensing
- [Thurrock](https://landlorddeadlines.co.uk/property-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](https://landlorddeadlines.co.uk/register/west-midlands/)), then the East of England ([deadline](https://landlorddeadlines.co.uk/register/east-of-england/)); see [all regions](https://landlorddeadlines.co.uk/register/).

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

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Source page: https://landlorddeadlines.co.uk/property-licensing/
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