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Licensing in Fylde

Fylde 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 (Fylde fees)

    Area

    Whole borough of Fylde (national scheme).

    Fee

    Published standard fee: £1,107

    Council HMO licensing page (WordPress page modified 16 July 2026): 'HMO Mandatory Licence ... Up to Five Units: £1,107.00', each additional unit £45.00; renewal up to five units £850.00, each additional unit £45.00.

    Who needs one
    HMOs with five or more people in more than one household who share amenities such as bathrooms, toilets and cooking facilities (council page).
    Exemptions
    Temporary Exemption Notices of up to three months, with a possible second notice, where the landlord intends to stop operating as an HMO or reduce occupants.
    Apply on the council’s website
    How we checked this

    Council page: 'A licence will normally last for a maximum of five years, although it can be for a shorter period.' The page links an online form to apply for or renew a licence. Re-checked against the rendered live site on 26 October 2026 (the site had been in maintenance earlier that day).

    Sources

Article 4 for house shares

Not yet confirmed

Whether Fylde 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 not been updated for the Renters' Rights Act.

Civil Penalty Policy under the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (cover dated August 2025). It states a maximum of £30,000 per offence and predates the Renters' Rights Act 2025. Starting levels by seriousness: Mild £2,500, Moderate £7,500, Serious £12,500, Very Serious £17,500, Severe £22,500, Very Severe £27,500, then adjusted for portfolio size and aggravating or mitigating factors (normally by no more than £5,000 each way). Failure to license a mandatory HMO (s.72(1)) is treated as Very Serious: £12,500 for a landlord with one HMO and at most one other dwelling, £17,500 for three to five dwellings or two HMOs, £22,500 for six or more dwellings, three or more HMOs or demonstrated experience. The council's Renters' Rights Act page refers to civil penalties generally; the 24 March 2026 Executive Committee item on the Act concerns new-burdens funding only, not a revised policy.

Fylde's civil penalty policy

Consultations

We found no consultations when we researched Fylde.

Not yet confirmed

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

  • Not yet confirmed

    No selective or additional licensing scheme was found: the council site search for 'selective' returns nothing and for 'additional licensing' only the mandatory HMO page; the HMO page says only HMOs with five or more people in more than one household need a licence; the committee document search (fylde.cmis.uk.com) for 'selective licensing' and 'additional licensing' returns no documents. The council does not expressly state the absence.

  • Not yet confirmed

    Absence of an HMO Article 4 direction is inferred from the council's Article 4 list (three Lytham heritage directions) and planning.data.gov.uk (no Fylde records).

  • Not yet confirmed

    The civil penalty policy has not been revised for the Renters' Rights Act 2025 maxima (£7,000 / £40,000).

Landlord register

The national landlord register is separate from licensing. Fylde is in North West, where registration is planned from 15 May 2027 to 14 August 2027. The regulations are still in draft. Read about the register