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Licensing in Derbyshire Dales

Derbyshire Dales has no selective or additional licensing scheme in force.

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  • National rules only21

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, Derbyshire Dales fees)

    Area

    Whole of Derbyshire Dales District (national scheme).

    Fee

    Published standard fee: £627

    Council HMO page: 'The current charge for a license application is £627 (2026/27).'

    Who needs one
    Properties occupied by five or more people forming two or more households, regardless of floors, including converted flats and purpose-built flats in blocks of up to two flats. Purpose-built flats in blocks of three or more self-contained flats are exempt.
    Exemptions
    Purpose-built flats in a block of three or more self-contained flats (council page).
    How we checked this

    Application packs are obtained from Environmental Health (01629 761212). 'A licence is valid for 5 years from the date of issue.' The site blocks automated requests (Cloudflare); pages were read in a browser.

    Sources

Article 4 for house shares

Not yet confirmed

Whether Derbyshire Dales has an Article 4 direction on house shares.

Council source

Civil penalty policy

Not yet confirmed

We have not found Derbyshire Dales's civil penalty policy yet.

Consultations

We found no consultations when we researched Derbyshire Dales.

Not yet confirmed

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

  • Not yet confirmed

    No selective or additional licensing scheme found. Checked: the council's HMO page and its site search for 'selective licensing', 'houses in multiple occupation' and 'private sector housing' (results show only a 2022 private rented sector survey and a 2022 joint enforcement-funding project with Amber Valley and Erewash). Committee papers not searched.

  • Not yet confirmed

    Locate any housing civil penalty policy and whether it reflects the Renters' Rights Act 2025.

  • Not yet confirmed

    Article 4: whether Derbyshire Dales has an HMO (C3 to C4) Article 4 direction is not confirmed. Checked: the council's conservation Article 4 page (conservation-area directions only) 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. Derbyshire Dales 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