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Licensing in Broxtowe

Broxtowe 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, Broxtowe fees)

    Area

    Whole of Broxtowe Borough (national scheme).

    Fee

    Published standard fee: £830

    Council Business Licence Charges page: 'Homes in Multiple Occupancy Application £830', licence duration 'Up to 5 Years (From date of issue)'; up to 25% refunded if the application is withdrawn before grant.

    Who needs one
    HMOs with five or more unrelated people forming two or more separate households. HMOs managed or owned by a housing association or co-operative, council, health service, police or fire authority do not need a licence.
    Exemptions
    HMOs managed or owned by a housing association or co-operative, a council, a health service, or a police or fire authority (council HMO page).
    Apply on the council’s websiteLicence conditions
    How we checked this

    'Broxtowe Borough Council operates a mandatory HMO licensing scheme.' A full inspection precedes issue. The licence page cites a civil penalty of up to £30,000 (pre-Renters' Rights Act wording).

    Sources

Article 4 for house shares

Broxtowe 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
Parts of Beeston and Beeston Rylands only, as shown on the council's map (https://www.broxtowe.gov.uk/media/8306/site-notice-map.pdf). Within that area planning permission is needed to change a dwellinghouse to an HMO with 3-6 residents. Consulted 15 January to 26 February 2021; confirmed by the Jobs & Economy Committee on 25 March 2021; in force 26 March 2022.
Takes effect
26 Mar 2022

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.

Broxtowe Borough Council Private Sector Housing Civil Penalties Policy (March 2026), Appendix 2 to the Cabinet report of 2 June 2026, which resolved that 'The updated Housing Civil Penalties Policy be approved' alongside a Private Sector Housing Enforcement Policy incorporating the Renters' Rights Act 2025 (democracy.broxtowe.gov.uk). Offences such as failure to obtain a selective licence (s.95) carry a statutory maximum of £40,000, with a civil penalties matrix. An earlier civil penalties policy went to the Housing Committee on 2 February 2021. The HMO licence page still cites £30,000.

Broxtowe's civil penalty policy

Consultations

We found no consultations when we researched Broxtowe.

Not yet confirmed

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

  • Not yet confirmed

    No selective or additional licensing scheme in force or proposed. The Cabinet business plan progress report (8 September 2026), action COMS2427_02 'To consider whether an additional licensing scheme for private rented dwellings would be appropriate', says 'It is unlikely that an additional licensing scheme will be pursued within the next 2 years' and that options including 'a Planning Article 4 for HIMOs' are being considered. Re-check for any later decision.

Landlord register

The national landlord register is separate from licensing. Broxtowe 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