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Licensing in Newark and Sherwood

Newark and Sherwood has no selective or additional licensing scheme in force.

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  • National rules only21

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, Newark and Sherwood fees)

    Area

    Whole of Newark and Sherwood District (national scheme).

    Fee

    Published standard fee: £790

    Council HMO licences page: 'Single HMO application £790', 'Multiple applications £600', 'Variation of licence £60'. Paid as part of the GOV.UK application.

    Who needs one
    Larger HMOs under the national mandatory scheme (five or more people forming two or more households sharing facilities); the council page describes shared-facility HMOs not owned by a housing association or registered social landlord.
    Apply on the council’s website
    How we checked this

    The licence 'can last up to five years' and is not transferable. Application and consultation take two to three months.

    Sources

Article 4 for house shares

Not yet confirmed

Whether Newark and Sherwood 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 been updated for the Renters' Rights Act.

Cabinet on 21 April 2026 ('Adoption of the Renters Rights Act 2025', key decision) approved an updated Private Sector Housing Enforcement Policy incorporating the Renters' Rights Act 2025 and 'the adoption of the Civil Financial Penalties Policy and associated penalty matrix to enable the Council to impose civil penalties for breaches under the new legislative framework', after a four-week consultation ending 6 April 2026 (democracy.newark-sherwooddc.gov.uk). The policy (Appendix 2) applies £40,000 statutory maxima for offences with a civil penalties matrix. The older Corporate Enforcement Policy appendix (file dated March 2026) still states a £30,000 maximum.

Newark and Sherwood's civil penalty policy

Consultations

We found no consultations when we researched Newark and Sherwood.

Not yet confirmed

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

  • Not yet confirmed

    No selective or additional licensing scheme found. Checked: the council's HMO licences and private landlord advice pages, the full website sitemap, and democracy.newark-sherwooddc.gov.uk searches for 'selective licensing' and 'additional licensing' (only enforcement policy and unrelated items).

  • Not yet confirmed

    Article 4: whether Newark and Sherwood has an HMO (C3 to C4) Article 4 direction is not confirmed. Checked: the council website sitemap (only a conservation-area Article 4 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. Newark and Sherwood 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