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Licensing in Amber Valley

Amber Valley has no selective or additional licensing scheme in force.

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  • National rules only18

Current ward boundaries from ONS. Some homes are exempt, so check your postcode and the scheme details below.

Selective licensing
None
Additional HMO licensing
No
Article 4 on house shares
Not yet confirmed
Consultation
None open

Licensing schemes

  • Mandatory HMO licence

    In force

    Mandatory HMO licensing (national scheme, Amber Valley fees)

    Area

    Whole of Amber Valley Borough (national scheme).

    Fee

    Published standard fee: £795.17

    Council HMO page: 'The fee to apply for a licence is £468.95' and, once a decision is made to approve a licence, 'a secondary fee is £326.22' (total £795.17). The HMO Fees Policy (version 7, April 2026, hourly rate £48.00) sets out the methodology.

    Who needs one
    HMOs occupied by five or more residents not forming a single household, regardless of the number of storeys (since 1 October 2018). The council page notes section 257 converted-flat HMOs are not included in mandatory licensing.
    Apply on the council’s websiteLicence conditions
    How we checked this

    The council adopted its HMO Policy at full council on 20 June 2018 (amenity and space standards in its Appendix 2). Public HMO register: ambervalley.gov.uk

    Sources

Article 4 for house shares

Not yet confirmed

Whether Amber Valley has an Article 4 direction on house shares.

Civil penalty policy

The council's policy sets how it decides the size of a fine. The version we found has been updated for the Renters' Rights Act.

'Civil penalties under the Renters' Rights Act and other housing legislation' policy, linked from the council's Information for landlords page. Lists failure to obtain an HMO licence (s.72) or selective licence (s.95) and breach of licence conditions among offences with a statutory maximum of £40,000, with a starting-point matrix. Adoption date not extracted.

Amber Valley's civil penalty policy

Consultations

We found no consultations when we researched Amber Valley.

Not yet confirmed

We could not settle these points when we researched Amber Valley. Check them with the council before you rely on them.

  • Not yet confirmed

    The council's HMO page states 'Amber Valley Borough Council currently does not operate any selective licensing schemes'. No additional licensing scheme or consultation was found on the private rented housing pages or in the website sitemap.

  • Not yet confirmed

    Licence term is not stated on the HMO page; check the HMO Policy.

  • Not yet confirmed

    Confirm the adoption date of the RRA civil penalties policy.

  • Not yet confirmed

    Article 4: whether Amber Valley has an HMO (C3 to C4) Article 4 direction is not confirmed. Checked: the council website sitemap (no Article 4 page) and planning.data.gov.uk (no Article 4 records for the council). None was found, but absence is inferred, not stated by the council; confirm with its planning team.

Landlord register

The national landlord register is separate from licensing. Amber Valley is in East Midlands, where registration is planned from 15 February 2027 to 14 May 2027. The regulations are still in draft. Read about the register