HMO licensing fees and licence periods

The total cost of the licence is £1,295, payable in 2 parts:

part A – to be paid when the application is made: £588.50
part B – to be paid before the licence is issued: £706.50

Part A covers the costs of processing, administration, and validation of the application. You must pay part A of the fee when making your application. If a licence application is not fully completed or the appropriate documents are not provided, the application will be invalid. If we refuse a licence application on these grounds, the property will be considered unlicensed.

Part B covers the running costs of the scheme and our other licensing functions, such as the inspections and compliance. You must pay part B of the fee before a licence is issued, or the property will be considered unlicensed.

If we refuse a licence application, the licensing fee will not be refunded (as per table 3 – other fees and charges).

Fee structure

The fees for licence applications were set taking into account all of the council’s costs in administering and carrying out its licensing functions, so that total licensing fee income does not exceed the expenditure over the 5-year duration of the scheme. The fees are set according to assumptions about the level of income the fees will generate, based upon the number of properties that we expect to be licensed during the life of the schemes.

Table 1 – licensing fee
Fee Type	Part A (application fee)	Part B	Total fee
Full HMO licensing fee	£588.50	£706.50	£1,295.00

Table 2 – discounts
Discount type	Discount (£)	Deducted from part A/B	Total fee
Accredited licence holder	£50.00	Part A Payment	£538.50
Compliant EPC	£50.00	Part B Payment	£656.50
Accredited licence holder + compliant EPC	£100.00	Part A and Part B Payment	£538.50 + £656.50

Table 3 – other fees and charges
Variation	Outcome
Additional unit of accommodation above a 5 unit let – this applies to each additional unit	£50 to be added for each unit above 5 units to part A and part B Fees
Application refused by the council	No refund of licence fee
Application withdrawn by applicant	Part A licence fee not refunded
Revocation of licence	No refund of licence fee
Application following revocation of a licence	Full application fee
Application to licence following revocation of licence	Full application fee
Application withdrawn by the applicant (part A)	No refund of licence fee
Change of licence type	Full application fee
Variation to the licence in terms of change of address, interested parties, management details	No fee
Variations which affect the overall layout of a property or occupancy levels will require a new licence. A new licence application will need to be made and reassessed	Full application fee
Change of licence holder	New licence application fee
Property that ceases to be rented during lifetime of scheme	No refund of licence fee
Paper applications/assisted applications (part A)	£100 additional charge

View the full additional HMO licensing fee structure (pdf, 4 page(s), 145.4 KB)

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HMO licensing fees and licence periods

Part of: House in multiple occupation (HMO) licensing

Fee structure

Table 1 – licensing fee

Table 2 – discounts

Table 3 – other fees and charges

Online services temporarily unavailable

HMO licensing fees and licence periods

Part of: House in multiple occupation (HMO) licensing

Fee structure

Table 1 – licensing fee

Table 2 – discounts

Table 3 – other fees and charges

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