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Licensing in Epsom and Ewell

Epsom and Ewell 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
None found
Consultation
None open

Licensing schemes

  • Mandatory HMO licence

    In force

    Mandatory HMO licensing (national scheme, Epsom and Ewell)

    Area

    The whole of Epsom and Ewell Borough (national scheme).

    Fee

    Published standard fee: £833

    Community and Wellbeing Committee fees and charges 2026/27 (agreed 13 January 2026, Appendix 1): Houses of Multiple Occupation 'Application up to 5 units (or lets)' £833 'Per application or renewal' (2025/26: £795); 'Application over 5 units (or lets)' £173 'Per unit (or let)' (2025/26: £165). The schedule does not say whether the per-unit charge applies to every unit or only those above five. The council's online fee schedule linked from the HMO page returned a server error.

    Who needs one
    HMOs occupied by five or more people forming at least two households (council HMO page).
    Apply on the council’s website
    How we checked this

    The HMO page says 'Generally speaking a licence will be granted for a 5 year term unless there are reasons not to.' Applications need a fire risk assessment, fire detection test report, gas safety certificate, EICR from the last 5 years, PAT report, emergency lighting report if installed, an EPC and a floor plan meeting the council's floor plan standards. An abbreviated HMO register is published on data.gov.uk; the full register is available from foidpa@epsom-ewell.gov.uk.

    Sources

Article 4 for house shares

We found no Article 4 direction on house shares in Epsom and Ewell.

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.

The Community and Wellbeing Committee on 5 March 2026 (minute 36) unanimously adopted a revised Housing Civil Sanctions Policy 'with effect from 1 May 2026' to take account of the Renters' Rights Act offences (democracy.epsom-ewell.gov.uk). Appendix 1 sets failure to obtain an HMO licence (s.72(1)) at a £17,000 starting point (landlord-type adjustment £13,600 / £20,400) within the £40,000 statutory maximum. It replaces the July 2025 policy (Housing and Planning Act 2016, up to £30,000). The same meeting (minute 37) adopted a separate housing enforcement policy.

Epsom and Ewell's civil penalty policy

Consultations

We found no consultations when we researched Epsom and Ewell.

Not yet confirmed

We could not settle these points when we researched Epsom and Ewell. 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, private rented housing and enforcement pages or in the council's committee document search (democracy.epsom-ewell.gov.uk: 'selective licensing', 'houses in multiple occupation'). Absence is inferred, not stated by the council.

  • Not yet confirmed

    Whether the £173 per-unit HMO charge applies to all units or only those above five.

Landlord register

The national landlord register is separate from licensing. Epsom and Ewell 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