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Licensing in Eastleigh

Eastleigh 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
Not yet confirmed
Consultation
None open

Licensing schemes

  • Mandatory HMO licence

    In force

    Mandatory HMO licensing (national scheme, Eastleigh fees)

    Area

    The whole of Eastleigh Borough (national scheme).

    Fee

    Published standard fee: £1,450

    Council 'Housing fees and charges' page, 'From 1 October 2026': HMO licensing £1,450 (column headed 'Fee (inc VAT)'); pre-licence application site visit for advice or build requirements £330. The licence page says the charge is paid in two stages, the first in full with the application (non-refundable) and the second only when a decision is made to grant. The HMO information pack (2021 text, 2023 accessible version) says the second payment is increased for each unit of accommodation over five at a set rate and is adjusted pro rata for a shorter licence; neither the per-unit rate nor the split between the stages is published on the current fees page.

    Who needs one
    Any HMO with five or more occupants forming two or more households who share a basic amenity such as a toilet, bathroom or kitchen (council HMO licence and HMO pages).
    Apply on the council’s websiteLicence conditions
    How we checked this

    The licence page says 'We currently only operate a Mandatory Licensing Scheme' (no additional or selective licensing). The HMO information pack (2023) says a licence 'cannot last longer than 5 years', with shorter terms at the council's discretion; licence_length_years records that maximum. A public HMO licence register (October 2026, XLSX) is published.

    Sources

Article 4 for house shares

Not yet confirmed

Whether Eastleigh 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. The version we found has been updated for the Renters' Rights Act.

Private Sector Housing Civil Penalties Policy dated 29 April 2026, reported with the updated Private Sector Housing Enforcement Policy (June 2026) to Policy and Performance Scrutiny Panel on 11 June 2026 and Cabinet on 18 June 2026 'in response to the duties imposed by the Renters' Rights Act 2025'. It applies the £7,000 and £40,000 statutory maxima. Starting points include mandatory HMO unlicensed (s.72(1)) £17,000, additional HMO unlicensed £17,000, selective licence unlicensed (s.95(1)) £12,000, knowingly permitting over-occupation of an HMO £20,000, failure to comply with an improvement notice £25,000, each capped at £40,000 and adjusted for aggravating and mitigating factors. Licence-condition breaches (s.72(3), s.95(2)) use the council's own starting levels. The council's housing policies page labels the June 2026 financial assistance policy as the 'Private Sector Housing Enforcement Policy'; the enforcement policy itself is at /media/16960/psh-enforcement-policy-june-2026.pdf.

Eastleigh's civil penalty policy

Consultations

We found no consultations when we researched Eastleigh.

Not yet confirmed

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

  • Not yet confirmed

    The per-unit charge above five units and the split of the £1,450 HMO fee between the application and grant stages are not published on the current fees page.

  • Not yet confirmed

    The Cabinet decision of 18 June 2026 on the enforcement and civil penalties policies was not read (meetings.eastleigh.gov.uk search is blocked by a WAF); the council publishes both policies as current documents.

  • Not yet confirmed

    Absence of an HMO Article 4 direction is inferred from the council's list of nine non-HMO directions and planning.data.gov.uk (no Eastleigh records).

Landlord register

The national landlord register is separate from licensing. Eastleigh 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