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Licensing in Crawley

Crawley 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, Crawley fees)

    Area

    The whole of Crawley Borough (national scheme).

    Fee

    Published standard fee: £1,231.20

    Council 'HMO licence fees and charges guide 2026 to 2027' (the PDF itself is headed '2025 / 2026 HMO Licence Fees'): up to 6 persons Part 1 application £924.10 + Part 2 licence issue £307.10 (= £1,231.20); 7 to 10 persons £1,002.40 + £307.10. Renewals: up to 6 persons £523.40 + £271.80; 7 to 10 persons £539.90 + £271.80. £75 discount on each subsequent application by the same landlord in the same financial year. Part 1 is non-refundable once submitted (refunded only if the property is found not to need a licence).

    Who needs one
    All HMOs with five or more persons forming two or more households who share a kitchen, bathroom or toilet (council HMO page and fee guide).
    Apply on the council’s websiteLicence conditions
    How we checked this

    The HMO page sets minimum bedroom sizes (6.51 m2 single adult, 10.22 m2 couple, no room under 4.64 m2 as a bedroom) and publishes a quarterly public register of licensed HMOs (CSV, September 2026). Licence length is not stated on the pages fetched. The HMO page's enforcement wording (fine up to £20,000 or civil penalty up to £30,000) predates the July 2026 civil penalty policy.

    Sources

Article 4 for house shares

Crawley 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 streets (10 directions confirmed 15 June 2022): Aintree Road and Epsom Road (Furnace Green); Arden Road (Furnace Green); Ardingly Close (Ifield); Beverley Mews (Three Bridges); Caburn Heights (Southgate); Farmleigh Close (Pound Hill); Rillside and Winterfold (Furnace Green); Ringwood Close (Furnace Green); Victoria Mews (West Green); Weald Drive (Furnace Green). Each direction removes the permitted change of use from C3 dwellinghouse to C4 HMO of up to six residents within its mapped area. Non-immediate directions made on 13 May 2021 after a Cabinet report of 3 February 2021; consultation 17 May to 14 June 2021.
Takes effect
15 Jun 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.

Civil Penalties and Rent Repayment Order Policy (published July 2026) covers Renters' Rights Act 2025 breaches and offences with £7,000 and £40,000 statutory maxima. Starting points: failure to obtain an HMO licence (s.72) £17,000 (landlord-type adjustment £13,600 / £20,400); failure to obtain a selective licence (s.95) £12,000 (£9,600 / £14,400).

Crawley's civil penalty policy

Consultations

We found no consultations when we researched Crawley.

Not yet confirmed

We could not settle these points when we researched Crawley. 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 and private housing pages, and the council's committee document search returns no results for 'selective licensing' (26 October 2026); the 'HMO licensing report' linked from the HMO page is the 2018 Cabinet paper on the national extension of mandatory licensing. Absence is inferred, not stated by the council.

  • Not yet confirmed

    HMO licence term not stated on the pages fetched.

  • Not yet confirmed

    The 2026-27 fee guide PDF is headed '2025 / 2026 HMO Licence Fees'; confirm the figures are current.

Landlord register

The national landlord register is separate from licensing. Crawley 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