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Licensing in High Peak

High Peak has no selective or additional licensing scheme in force.

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  • National rules only28

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 (national scheme, High Peak fees)

    Area

    Whole of High Peak Borough (national scheme).

    Fee

    Published standard fee: £450

    Council HMO page (last modified 1 April 2025): 'first application £450.00, subsequent application £350.00', paid online with the application; renewal £350; change of owner or licence holder £350. Licences 'cost £450.00 for a five-year period, after which they must be renewed'.

    Who needs one
    Properties let to five or more unrelated people living as two or more households who share bathroom or cooking facilities, regardless of storeys.
    Apply on the council’s website
    How we checked this

    Applications online via GOV.UK or by PDF form to the Private Sector Housing Service (Envhealth@highpeak.gov.uk); fee paid at myforms.highpeak.gov.uk The page cites a civil penalty of up to £30,000 (pre-Renters' Rights Act wording).

    Sources

Article 4 for house shares

Not yet confirmed

Whether High Peak has an Article 4 direction on house shares.

Civil penalty policy

Not yet confirmed

We have not found High Peak's civil penalty policy yet.

Consultations

We found no consultations when we researched High Peak.

Not yet confirmed

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

  • Not yet confirmed

    No selective or additional licensing scheme in force. Checked: the council's HMO and private rented homes pages and the full website sitemap. Committee papers: the Community Select Committee minutes of 28 May 2025 (Project Unity update, Fairfield Road) record a 'Possible Selective Licensing pilot scheme to be introduced in Buxton'; democracy.highpeak.gov.uk searches for 'selective licensing' and 'Project Unity' found no later report, consultation or designation. Re-check for a Buxton proposal.

  • Not yet confirmed

    Locate any housing civil penalty policy and whether it reflects the Renters' Rights Act 2025.

  • Not yet confirmed

    Article 4: whether High Peak has an HMO (C3 to C4) Article 4 direction is not confirmed. Checked: the council website sitemap (no Article 4 HMO page) 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. High Peak 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