# Licensing in Epsom and Ewell

> Epsom and Ewell has no selective or additional licensing scheme in force.

- Checked 26 Oct 2026 (researched_at 2026-10-26, verified_at 2026-10-26)
- Region: South East
- ONS code: E07000208
- Web page: https://lettance.com/councils/epsom-and-ewell
- API: https://lettance.com/api/v1/councils/epsom-and-ewell

## Licensing schemes

### Mandatory HMO licence: Mandatory HMO licensing (national scheme, Epsom and Ewell)

- Status: In force (`in_force`)
- 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.
- Licence length: 5 years
- Who needs one: HMOs occupied by five or more people forming at least two households (council HMO page).
- Apply: https://iportal.itouchvision.com/icustomer/?cuid=BE1BDCF93C093256DA56E0763F50A0A98C0F6DCE&lang=en
- Confidence: High
- 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: https://www.epsom-ewell.gov.uk/housing/private-rented-housing/houses-multiple-occupation, https://democracy.epsom-ewell.gov.uk/documents/s39266/FEES%20AND%20CHARGES%20202627%20Appendix%201.pdf

## Article 4 for house shares

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

Council source: https://www.epsom-ewell.gov.uk/residents/planning/planning-policy/what-article-4-direction

## 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 (https://democracy.epsom-ewell.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=214&MID=1804). 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.

Policy: https://democracy.epsom-ewell.gov.uk/documents/s40489/Adoption%20of%20a%20revised%20Housing%20Civil%20Sanctions%20Policy%20Appendix%201.pdf

## 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 on 26 October 2026. Check them with the council before you rely on them.

- 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.
- 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: https://lettance.com/register

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From Lettance: https://lettance.com/councils/epsom-and-ewell (catalogue edition 31 October 2026). This is information, not legal advice. Check the linked sources, and the council's own pages, before you act.