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Licensing in Blaby

Blaby has no selective or additional licensing scheme in force.

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  • National rules only17

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, Blaby fees)

    Area

    Whole of Blaby District (national scheme).

    Fee

    Published standard fee: £995

    Council HMO page, new licence: standard £995 (application fee £645 plus monitoring fee £350 payable once the licence is issued); each subsequent application made at the same time £880 (£530 + £350). Renewal: standard £850 (£500 + £350), subsequent £755 (£405 + £350). An additional £175 applies if a property is found already operating as a licensable HMO without a licence. The application fee is non-refundable.

    Who needs one
    HMOs with five or more occupants forming more than one household, regardless of storeys (since 1 October 2018).
    Apply on the council’s websiteLicence conditions
    How we checked this

    The page says HMO licences 'usually last for five years but this can occasionally be for a shorter period' and determination can take up to six months from a complete application. It still cites a civil penalty of up to £30,000 (pre-Renters' Rights Act wording).

    Sources

Article 4 for house shares

Not yet confirmed

Whether Blaby has an Article 4 direction on house shares.

Council source

Civil penalty policy

The council's policy sets how it decides the size of a fine.

No standalone housing civil penalty policy was found. The council's 'Civil Penalties Policy' page concerns Council Tax. The Environmental Health Enforcement Policy 2025-2028 (uploaded 26 March 2025) has a section on civil penalties under the Housing Act 2004 and refers to a separate 'Civil Penalties policy', which was not located.

Blaby's civil penalty policy

Consultations

We found no consultations when we researched Blaby.

Not yet confirmed

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

  • Not yet confirmed

    No selective or additional licensing scheme, proposal or consultation found. Checked: the council's HMO page and private housing section, and the full website sitemap (569 URLs) for selective/additional licensing pages. Committee papers were not searched.

  • Not yet confirmed

    Locate the housing civil penalties policy referenced by the Enforcement Policy 2025-2028 and whether it reflects the Renters' Rights Act 2025.

  • Not yet confirmed

    Article 4: whether Blaby has an HMO (C3 to C4) Article 4 direction is not confirmed. Checked: the council's only Article 4 page (the Braunstone Village Conservation Area direction) 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. Blaby 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