Understanding HMO Licensing is key thanks to the recent changes made on the 1st October 2018.
HMO Licence fee vary from one council to another, so to make life easy for our users we spent some time collating information on HMO License costs and conditions. Scroll to your relevant council and if you need more information just click the relevant link.
If you need to find out which LPA a property resides within, go to this government website to check and find which local council or planning authority a property resides in.
Then once you have this information you can use the table below to search for the local authority to find specific costs & information regarding a specific Local Planning Authority with respect to HMO licensing.
All licences are valid for 5 years unless stated otherwise.
Council | License Cost | Link |
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Adur District Council | Varies | Link |
Allerdale District Council | £431 | Link |
Amber Valley Borough Council | £520 | Link |
Arun District Council | Varies | Link |
Ashfield District Council | Varies | Link |
Ashford Borough Council | £397 | Link |
Aylesbury Vale District Council | Varies | Link |
Babergh District Council | £551 | Link |
Barking and Dagenham Borough Council | £956 | Link |
Barnet Borough Council | £1,233 | Link |
Barnsley Council | £505 | Link |
Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council | Varies | Link |
Basildon Borough Council | Varies | Link |
Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council | Varies | Link |
Bassetlaw District Council | £552 | Link |
Bath & North East Somerset | £795 | Link |
Bedford Borough Council | £598 | Link |
Bexley Borough Council | Varies | Link |
Blaby District Council | Varies | Link |
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council | £900 | Link |
Blackpool Borough Council | £542 | Link |
Bolsover District Council | Varies | Link |
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | £778 | Link |
Boston Borough Council | £948 | Link |
Bournemouth Borough Council | £695 | Link |
Bradford Metropolitan District Council | Varies | Link |
Braintree District Council | £640 | Link |
Breckland District Council | £399 | Link |
Brent Borough Council | £540 | Link |
Brentwood Borough Council | £840 | Link |
Birmingham City Council | Varies | Link |
Bristol City Council | £1,420 | Link |
Broadland District Council | Varies | Link |
Bromley Borough Council | £1,300 | Link |
Bromsgrove District Council | Varies | Link |
Broxbourne Borough Council | £638 | Link |
Broxtowe Borough Council | £475 | Link |
Buckinghamshire County Council | £875 | Link |
Burnley Borough Council | Varies | Link |
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council | £536 | Link |
Cambridge City Council | £950 | Link |
Camden Borough Council | Varies | Link |
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council | Varies | Link |
Cannock Chase District Council | £590 | Link |
Canterbury City Council | Varies | Link |
Charnwood Borough Council | £610 | Link |
Chelmsford City Council | £900 | Link |
Cheltenham Borough Council | Varies | Link |
Cherwell District Council | £700 | Link |
Chesterfield Borough Council | £400 | Link |
Craven District Council | £390 | Link |
Crawley Borough Council | Varies | Link |
Croydon London Borough Council | £250/room | Link |
Cheshire East Council | £440 | Link |
Cheshire West and Chester Сouncil | £520 | Link |
Chichester District Council | Varies | Link |
Chiltern District Council | Varies | Link |
Chorley Borough Council | Varies | Link |
Christchurch Borough Council | Varies | Link |
Colchester Borough Council | Varies | Link |
Copeland Borough Council | £330 | Link |
Corby Borough Council | £1,000 | Link |
Cornwall Council | £1,150 | Link |
Cotswold District Council | £620 | Link |
Coventry City Council | £829 | Link |
Carlisle City Council | £540 | Link |
Castle Point Borough Council | £750 | Link |
Cambridgeshire County Council | £950 | Link |
Central Bedfordshire Council | Varies | Link |
Cumbria County Council | Varies | Link |
Dacorum Borough Council | Varies | Link |
Darlington Borough Council | Varies | Link |
Dartford Borough Council | Varies | Link |
Daventry District Council | £714 | Link |
Derbyshire Dales District Council | £470 | Link |
Derbyshire County Council | Varies | Link |
Devon County Council | Varies | Link |
Doncaster Council | £800 | Link |
Dorset County Council | £650 | Link |
Dover District Council | £710 | Link |
Durham County Council | £850 | Link |
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council | Varies | Link |
Eden District Council | £378 | Link |
Ealing Borough Council | £1,100 | Link |
East Cambridgeshire District Council | £300 | Link |
East Devon District Council | Varies | Link |
East Dorset District Council | £650 | Link |
East Hampshire District Council | £600 | Link |
East Hertfordshire District Council | Varies | Link |
East Lindsey District Council | £660 | Link |
East Northamptonshire District Council | £1,000 | Link |
East Riding of Yorkshire Council | £581 | Link |
East Sussex County Council | £Varies | Link |
East Staffordshire Borough Council | £550 | Link |
Eastbourne Borough Council | £848 | Link |
Eastleigh Borough Council | £900 | Link |
Elmbridge Borough Council | £600 | Link |
Enfield London Borough Council | £139.40/room | Link |
Epping Forest District Council | £809 | Link |
Epsom & Ewell Borough Council | £610 | Link |
Erewash Borough Council | £793 | Link |
Essex County Council | Varies | Link |
Exeter City Council | £760 | Link |
Exmoor National Park Council | Varies | Link |
Fareham Borough Council | Varies | Link |
Fenland District Council | £750 | Link |
Forest Heath District Council | Varies | Link |
Forest of Dean District Council | £620 | Link |
Fylde Borough Council | Varies | Link |
Gloucester City Council | Varies | Link |
Gedling Borough Council | Varies | Link |
Gloucestershire County Council | £450 | Link |
Gosport Borough Council | Varies | Link |
Gravesham Borough Council | £540 | Link |
Great Yarmouth Borough Council | £770 | Link |
Greenwich London Borough Council | £388 | Link |
Guildford Borough Council | £608 | Link |
Hackney Borough Council | Varies | Link |
Halton Borough Сouncil | Varies | Link |
Hambleton District Council | £590 | Link |
Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council | £1,400 | Link |
Hampshire County Council | Varies | Link |
Harborough District Council | £710 | Link |
Haringey London Borough Council | £1,100 | Link |
Harlow District Council | Varies | Link |
Harrogate Borough Council | £513 | Link |
Harrow London Borough Council | £1,310 | Link |
Hart District Council | £659 | Link |
Hartlepool Borough Council | Varies | Link |
Hastings Borough Council | £1,000 | Link |
Havant Borough Council | £600 | Link |
Havering London Borough Council | £1,115 | Link |
Hertfordshire County Council | £750 | Link |
Hertsmere Borough Council | Varies | Link |
High Peak Borough Council | Varies | Link |
Hillingdon London Borough Council | £653 | Link |
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council | £700 | Link |
Horsham District Council | Varies | Link |
Hounslow London Borough Council | £1,190 | Link |
Hull City Council | Varies | Link |
Huntingdonshire District Council | £350 | Link |
Hyndburn Borough Council | Varies | Link |
Isle of Anglesey County Council | Varies | Link |
Isles of Scilly Council | £1,150 | Link |
Isle of Wight Council | Varies | Link |
Islington London Borough Council | £280/room | Link |
Ipswich Borough Council | Varies | Link |
Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council | £1,400 | Link |
Kent County Council | Varies | Link |
Kettering Borough Council | Varies | Link |
Kings Lynn & West Norfolk Borough Council | £685 | Link |
Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council | £200/room | Link |
Kirklees Borough Council | £520 | Link |
Lambeth London Borough Council | £1,395 | Link |
Lewisham London Borough Council | Varies | Link |
Lancashire County Council | Varies | Link |
Leicestershire County Council | £900 | Link |
Leeds City Council | £675 | Link |
Lincolnshire County Council | Varies | Link |
Lancaster City Council | £650 | Link |
Lewes District Council | £848 | Link |
Lichfield City Council | Varies | Link |
Lincoln City Council | £850 | Link |
Maidstone Borough Council | £525 | Link |
Maldon District Council | Varies | Link |
Malvern Hills District Council | £734 | Link |
Mansfield District Council | £634 | Link |
Medway Council | £1,003 | Link |
Melton Borough Council | £450 | Link |
Mendip District Council | £375 | Link |
Merton London Borough Council | Varies | Link |
Mid Devon District Council | £793 | Link |
Middlesbrough Council | £605 | Link |
Mid Suffolk District Council | £551 | Link |
Mid Sussex District Council | £950 | Link |
Milton Keynes District Council | £300 | Link |
Mole Valley District Council | £687 | Link |
New Forest District Council | Varies | Link |
Newark & Sherwood District Council | Varies | Link |
Newcastle-Under-Lyme Borough Council | Varies | Link |
Newham London Borough Council | £750 | Link |
Norfolk County Council | Varies | Link |
Northampton Borough Council | Varies | Link |
North Devon District Council | Varies | Link |
North Dorset District Council | £650 | Link |
North East Derbyshire District Council | Varies | Link |
North East Lincolnshire Council | Varies | Link |
Northamptonshire County Council | Varies | Link |
North Hertfordshire District Council | £750 | Link |
North Kesteven District Council | Varies | Link |
North Lincolnshire Council | £840 | Link |
North Norfolk District Council | £525 | Link |
North Somerset Council | £658 | Link |
Northumberland County Council | £105/room | Link |
North Warwickshire Borough Council | £702 | Link |
North West Leicestershire District Council | Varies | Link |
North Yorkshire County Council | Varies | Link |
Norwich City Council | £140/year | Link |
Nottinghamshire County Council | £1,330 | Link |
Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council | Varies | Link |
Oadby & Wigston Borough Council | £777 | Link |
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council | £490 | Link |
Oxford City Council | £420 | Link |
Oxfordshire County Council | £420 | Link |
Pendle Borough Council | Varies | Link |
Preston City Council | £500 | Link |
Purbeck District Council | Varies | Link |
Redditch Borough Council | £500 | Link |
Redbridge London Borough Council | £800 | Link |
Reigate & Banstead Borough Council | Varies | Link |
Ribble Valley Borough Council | £750 | Link |
Richmondshire District Council | Varies | Link |
Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council | £1,177 | Link |
Rochdale Borough Council | £768 | Link |
Rochford District Council | £354 | Link |
Rossendale Borough Council | Varies | Link |
Rother District Council | Varies | Link |
Rugby Borough Council | £650 | Link |
Runnymede Borough Council | Varies | Link |
Rushcliffe Borough Council | £557 | Link |
Rushmoor Borough Council | £756 | Link |
Ryedale District Council | Varies | Link |
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | £846 | Link |
Scarborough Borough Council | £950 | Link |
Sedgemoor District Council | Varies | Link |
Sefton Borough Council | £850 | Link |
Selby District Council | Varies | Link |
Sevenoaks District Council | Varies | Link |
Shepway District Council | £402 | Link |
Somerset County Council | £400 | Link |
South Buckinghamshire District Council | £875 | Link |
South Cambridgeshire District Council | Varies | Link |
South Derbyshire District Council | Varies | Link |
South Gloucestershire Council | £656 | Link |
South Hams District Council | £350 | Link |
South Holland District Council | £545 | Link |
South Kesteven District Council | £474 | Link |
South Lakeland District Council | £368 | Link |
South Norfolk District Council | £833 | Link |
South Northamptonshire District Council | £700 | Link |
South Oxfordshire District Council | £720 | Link |
South Ribble Borough Council | Varies | Link |
South Somerset District Council | £400 | Link |
South Staffordshire District Council | Varies | Link |
Southwark London Borough Council | £263/room | Link |
Spelthorne Borough Council | £672 | Link |
St Albans District Council | £765 | Link |
St Edmundsbury Borough Council | £500 | Link |
Stafford Borough Council | Varies | Link |
Staffordshire County Council | Varies | Link |
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council | £385 | Link |
Stevenage Borough Council | Varies | Link |
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council | £705 | Link |
Stockton-on-Tees Council | £250/unit | Link |
Stratford on Avon District Council | Varies | Link |
Stroud District Council | £830 | Link |
Suffolk Coastal District Council | £655 | Link |
Suffolk County Council | £655 | Link |
Sunderland City Council | £881 | Link |
Surrey County Council | £675 | Link |
Surrey Heath Borough Council | £675 | Link |
Sutton London Borough Council | £1,200 | Link |
Swale Borough Council | £638 | Link |
Swindon Borough Council | £1,050 | Link |
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council | £500 | Link |
Tamworth Borough Council | Varies | Link |
Tandridge District Council | £450 | Link |
Taunton Deane Borough Council | Varies | Link |
Teignbridge District Council | Varies | Link |
Tendring District Council | Varies | Link |
Test Valley Borough Council | £490 | Link |
Tewkesbury Borough Council | £630 | Link |
Thanet District Council | £819 | Link |
Three Rivers District Council | Varies | Link |
Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council | £480 | Link |
Torbay Council | £1,241 | Link |
Torridge District Council | Varies | Link |
Tower Hamlets Borough Council | £525 | Link |
Trafford Council | £730 | Link |
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council | Varies | Link |
Uttlesford District Council | £560 | Link |
Vale of White Horse District Council | £720 | Link |
Waltham Forest London Borough Council | £1,100 | Link |
Wandsworth London Borough Council | £914 | Link |
Westminster City Council | £285/room | Link |
West Devon Borough Council | Varies | Link |
West Dorset District Council | £550 | Link |
West Lancashire District Council | £600 | Link |
West Lindsey District Council | Varies | Link |
West Oxfordshire District Council | £620 | Link |
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council | £600 | Link |
Warrington Borough Council | £420 | Link |
West Somerset District Council | £400 | Link |
Warwick District Council | £816 | Link |
Watford Borough Council | £1,143 | Link |
Waveney District Council | £655 | Link |
Waverley Borough Council | £575 | Link |
Wealden District Council | £808 | Link |
Wellingborough Borough Council | Varies | Link |
Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council | £930 | Link |
Weymouth & Portland Borough Council | £650 | Link |
Wiltshire Council | £375 | Link |
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | £650 | Link |
Wigan Council | £652 | Link |
Winchester City Council | £900 | Link |
Woking Borough Council | Varies | Link |
Worcester City Council | Varies | Link |
Wolverhampton City Council | £650 | Link |
Worthing Borough Council | Varies | Link |
Wychavon District Council | £583 | Link |
Wycombe District Council | £800 | Link |
Wyre Borough Council | Varies | Link |
Wyre Forest District Council | Varies | Link |
Warwickshire County Council | £816 | Link |
West Berkshire Council | £1,145 | Link |
West Sussex County Council | Varies | Link |
Worcestershire County Council | Varies | Link |