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Licensing in Basingstoke and Deane

Basingstoke and Deane has no selective or additional licensing scheme in force.

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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
Yes
Consultation
None open

Licensing schemes

  • Mandatory HMO licence

    In force

    Mandatory HMO licensing (national scheme, Basingstoke and Deane fees)

    Area

    The whole of Basingstoke and Deane Borough (national scheme).

    Fee

    Published standard fee: £1,108

    Council HMO page (no fee year printed; fetched 26 October 2026): new application, 5-year licence £489 on application + £619 on grant = £1,108; renewal, 5-year licence £423 + £619 = £1,042; discounted renewal £423 + £567 = £990 (5% discount for renewals received complete with fee at least 28 days before the existing licence expires, applied at grant); HMO application, 2-year licence £475 + £240 = £715. No charge to vary a licence. The 2025/26 approved fees schedule had lower figures (£475 + £601 = £1,076 for a new 5-year licence).

    Who needs one
    HMOs with five or more residents forming two or more households, including certain flats shared by two or more households (national mandatory test).
    Apply on the council’s websiteLicence conditions
    How we checked this

    Licences are normally 5 years; the fee table also lists a 2-year licence. Fees are paid online by card (BACS in exceptional circumstances), and applications are processed only once the fee and all supporting documents are received. The council publishes a register of licensed HMOs (XLSX, August 2026).

    Sources

Article 4 for house shares

Basingstoke and Deane has an Article 4 direction on HMOs (houses in multiple occupation, or shared houses). Turning a family home into a shared house may need planning permission.

Area
Specific area: Basingstoke town and Chineham and the surrounding villages of Old Basing, Oakley, Sherborne St John and West End (council HMO planning control page), as edged on the plan to the Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council (Basingstoke Area and Surrounding Villages) Town and Country Planning Direction 2011. The direction removes the Class I(b) permitted change of use from C3 dwellinghouse to C4 HMO. planning.data.gov.uk records it (A42011) as covering Basingstoke Town and Chineham and the villages of Old Basing, Oakley and Sherborne St John.
Takes effect
22 Jul 2012

Council source

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 Penalty Policy (June 2026), linked with the Housing Standards Enforcement Policy (February 2026) from the council's enforcement policy page. It covers the Renters' Rights Act 2025 and Housing Act 2004 offences with £7,000 and £40,000 statutory maxima. Starting points: failure to obtain an HMO licence (s.72(1)) £17,000 (landlord-type adjustment £13,600 down / £20,400 up); failure to obtain a selective licence (s.95(1)) £12,000 (£9,600 / £14,400). The updated Housing Standards Enforcement and Civil Penalty policies went to the Resident Services Committee on 18 March 2026 and Cabinet on 9 June 2026 (democracy.basingstoke.gov.uk, minute 8/26).

Basingstoke and Deane's civil penalty policy

Consultations

We found no consultations when we researched Basingstoke and Deane.

Not yet confirmed

We could not settle these points when we researched Basingstoke and Deane. Check them with the council before you rely on them.

  • Not yet confirmed

    No selective or additional licensing scheme, proposal or consultation was found on the council's HMO pages or in the council's committee document search ('selective licensing', 'additional licensing houses in multiple occupation', 26 October 2026); the council does not state the absence.

  • Not yet confirmed

    The Article 4 direction says it 'shall come into force on 22 July 2012' unless not confirmed; the published direction PDF carries a Common Seal confirmation block dated 2011 (day and month illegible in the scan), and the council's HMO page states planning permission 'is required' in the area. The exact confirmation date is not legible.

  • Not yet confirmed

    The HMO fee table has no fee year; confirm it is the 2026/27 schedule.

Landlord register

The national landlord register is separate from licensing. Basingstoke and Deane is in South East, where registration is planned from 15 March 2027 to 14 June 2027. The regulations are still in draft. Read about the register