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Licensing in Havant

Havant has no selective or additional licensing scheme in force.

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  • National rules only12

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, Havant fees)

    Area

    The whole of Havant Borough (national scheme).

    Fee

    Published standard fee: £817.09

    Council HMO page (no fee year printed; fetched 26 October 2026), paid with the application: 0-5 occupants 5-year licence £817.09; 6-10 £873.66; 11-15 £984.64; 16-20 £1,302.34; 20 plus 'additional hourly rate'. No renewal rate or two-part split shown.

    Who needs one
    HMOs with five or more people from two or more households (council HMO page: statutory licensing 'as of October 2018').
    Apply on the council’s website
    How we checked this

    The fee table describes each licence as a '5 year licence'. Licensing involves an HHSRS inspection. Forms go to Environmental Health, Public Service Plaza, Civic Centre Road, Havant PO9 2AX or ehealth@havant.gov.uk, or apply online. Non-licensable HMOs are inspected on a rolling programme.

    Sources

Article 4 for house shares

We found no Article 4 direction on house shares in Havant.

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 (file published October 2024) under the Housing and Planning Act 2016 with a £30,000 maximum; read with the council's Private Sector Housing Enforcement Policy. Penalties are set by a culpability/harm matrix into bands (Band 1 £500-£4,999, mid-point £2,500; Band 2 £5,000-£9,999; Band 3 £10,000-£14,999, mid-point £12,500; Band 4 £15,000-£19,999; top band £25,000-£30,000), adjusted by £500 per mitigating or aggravating factor. The council's Renters' Rights Act page says it has had increased enforcement powers since 27 December 2025 but no revised policy was found.

Havant's civil penalty policy

Consultations

We found no consultations when we researched Havant.

Not yet confirmed

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

  • Not yet confirmed

    No selective or additional licensing scheme, proposal or consultation was found in the council's site map, on its private sector housing pages, or in the committee document search (havant.moderngov.co.uk: 'selective licensing' returns only the 2018 HMO Licensing Policy; 'Renters Rights' and 'civil penalty' return no housing enforcement items). Absence is inferred, not stated by the council.

  • Not yet confirmed

    No civil penalty policy updated for the Renters' Rights Act 2025 was found; the October 2024 policy uses the £30,000 maximum.

  • Not yet confirmed

    Confirm the fee year of the HMO fees.

Landlord register

The national landlord register is separate from licensing. Havant 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