# Licensing in High Peak

> High Peak 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: E07000037
- Web page: https://lettance.com/councils/high-peak
- API: https://lettance.com/api/v1/councils/high-peak

## Licensing schemes

### Mandatory HMO licence: Mandatory HMO licensing (national scheme, High Peak fees)

- Status: In force (`in_force`)
- 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'.
- Licence length: 5 years
- 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: https://www.gov.uk/house-in-multiple-occupation-licence/high-peak/apply
- Confidence: High
- 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 https://myforms.highpeak.gov.uk/HMOPAYMENT/launch. The page cites a civil penalty of up to £30,000 (pre-Renters' Rights Act wording).
- Sources: https://www.highpeak.gov.uk/article/234/Multiple-occupancy-homes-HMO

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

- 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.
- Locate any housing civil penalty policy and whether it reflects the Renters' Rights Act 2025.
- 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: https://lettance.com/register

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