We will take licence fees in two parts:

• Part A will be taken when you apply. This will cover the costs of processing and deciding the application result.
• Part B will be taken once we grant a licence. This will cover the scheme’s administration, management and enforcement costs.

Selective Licence

Full licence fee is £895

• Part A £300
• Part B £595

Additional HMO licence

Full licence fee £1,200

• Part A £600
• Part B £600

Mandatory HMO

HMO with up to 8 units: Full licence fee: £1,650

• Part A: £825
• Part B: £825

HMO with up to 9 to 19 units: Full licence fee: £2,200

• Part A: £1,100
• Part B: £1,100

HMO with 20 units or more: Full licence fee: £5,500

• Part A: £2,750
• Part B: £2,750

Multi property discount for selective/additional HMO schemes

You may be eligible for a discount of £125 per dwelling in the same building, after your first licence. For this to apply:

• each dwelling must be separate (usually self contained flats), next to one another in the same building
• each dwelling must be occupied under non exempt tenancies
• each dwelling must share common ownership and management
• each licence application must be submitted at the same time

To find out more, see licence applications under parts 2 and 3 of the Housing Act (Sep 2018).

Selective licence multi property discount

Discounted licence fee: £770

• Part A £175
• Part B £595

Additional HMO licence multi-property discount

Discounted licence fee: £1,075

• Part A £475
• Part B £600

Energy performance rating discount

If you have an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) of C or above for your property, you can apply for a discount if you meet the conditions below.

Selective Licence EPC rating of C* 

Discounted licence fee: £800

• Part A £300
• Part B £500

Selective Licensing EPC rating of A or B*

Discounted licence fee: £600

• Part A £300
• Part B £300

Additional HMO licence EPC rating of C*

Discounted licence fee: £1,105

• Part A £600
• Part B £505

Additional HMO licence EPC rating of A or B*

Discounted licence fee: £800

• Part A £600
• Part B £200

Charity discount on selective licence fees

Eligible charities can get a discounted selective licence of £400. This includes any charities, including almshouses, which provides housing that is:

(a) let at below market rent and

(b) specially designed/adapted to meet the needs of disabled people, older people, or any other groups protected under the Equality Act 2010.

Selective licence discount for eligible charities*

Discounted licence fee: £400

• Part A £300
• Part B £100

Landlords can get a further discount of £125 per dwelling for properties in the same block (see multi property discount above)

Note: The Council expects applications to be made to license a licensable rented home on or before the expiry of an existing property licence or, in the case of a new PRS home that has not been previously rented privately, at the commencement of the letting. No discounts with * apply when it has been necessary for the Council to investigate a failure to license a licensable rented home, which may include the sending of a warning letter, as enforcement costs have already been incurred by the service. For discounts that relate to a specified EPC rating, the Council may not pay the relevant discount if it considers that the EPC rating is not a true reflection of the energy efficiency of the home that it relates to.