# Licensing in Harborough

> Harborough has no selective or additional licensing scheme in force.

- Checked 26 Oct 2026 (researched_at 2026-10-26, verified_at 2026-10-26)
- Region: East Midlands
- ONS code: E07000131
- Web page: https://lettance.com/councils/harborough
- API: https://lettance.com/api/v1/councils/harborough

## Licensing schemes

### Mandatory HMO licence: Mandatory HMO licensing (national scheme, Harborough)

- Status: In force (`in_force`)
- Area: Whole of Harborough District (national scheme).
- Fee: Not yet confirmed. The council's HMO landing page links only to the GOV.UK application and a public register; its HMO information pages ('/multiple-occupation' and the /info/20009/licences/135 pages) now return 'Sorry, this page is no longer available'. No fee found.
- Who needs one: HMOs occupied by five or more people forming two or more households sharing facilities (national mandatory test).
- Apply: https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-licence/house-in-multiple-occupation-licence/harborough/apply-1
- Confidence: Medium
- How we checked this: Included because the council publishes its own HMO page linking the application route; fee and licence term unconfirmed.
- Sources: https://www.harborough.gov.uk/homepage/225/house_in_multiple_occupation_hmo

## Article 4 for house shares

Not yet confirmed: whether Harborough has an Article 4 direction on house shares.

## 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.

'Housing Enforcement Civil Penalties Policy', supplementary to the Private Sector Housing Enforcement Policy, linked from the council's Housing Enforcement Policies page. It is framed on the Housing and Planning Act 2016 and states 'The maximum fine that can be imposed is £30,000 per offence'; no Renters' Rights Act 2025 maxima found. Adoption date not extracted.

Policy: https://www.harborough.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/8160/housing_enforcement_civil_penalties_policy.pdf

## Consultations

We found no consultations when we researched Harborough.

## Not yet confirmed

We could not settle these points when we researched Harborough on 26 October 2026. Check them with the council before you rely on them.

- No selective or additional licensing scheme found. Checked: the council's housing, HMO and environmental health landing pages and the housing enforcement policies page. Committee papers not searched.
- Obtain the current mandatory HMO licence fee and term; the council's detailed HMO pages have been removed.
- Confirm whether the civil penalties policy has been updated for the Renters' Rights Act 2025.
- Article 4: whether Harborough has an HMO (C3 to C4) Article 4 direction is not confirmed. Checked: a crawl of the council's housing, environmental health and planning pages 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. Harborough 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: https://lettance.com/register

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