Licensing in Nottingham

• Selective licence

  In force

  Nottingham City Council Designation of an Area for Selective Licensing 2023 (second scheme)

  Area

  Map-defined parts of Nottingham, not whole wards and not citywide. Only the area edged and hatched red in Annex A of the sealed 2023 designation is covered; the plan includes a large central area and separate peripheral pieces, with exclusions. A postcode/ward alone cannot establish whether a particular address is covered. Use the council MyProperty address search (geoserver.nottinghamcity.gov.uk) or the sealed plan. No whole-ward list or complete authoritative street schedule was supplied in the fetched sealed designation.

  Runs

  1 December 2023 to 29 November 2028

  Fee

  Published standard fee: £950

  From 1 April 2026: individual standard £290 Part A + £660 Part B = £950; accredited £290 + £469 = £759; less compliant £290 + £1,028 = £1,318. Block application subject to policy: standard base £2,841 plus £560 per dwelling; accredited base £1,873 plus £544 per dwelling; less compliant base £3,303 plus £565 per dwelling. Paper processing £74 plus £39 if council posts a form. £50 Armed Forces reduction where eligible. No early-bird offer shown.

  Who needs one

  Privately rented houses and flats within the map-defined area, including one occupier, one family/household or two unrelated sharers, unless exempt.

  Exemptions

  Designation excludes Part 2 licensed HMOs, registered social landlord/provider tenancies, interim/final management orders, temporary exemptions and the statutory exempt tenancies/buildings set out in Annex B.

  Apply on the council’s websiteCouncil's map or designation
  ›How we checked this

  Made 17 January 2023 and confirmed by Secretary of State on 26 July 2023. Sealed designation says shall cease to have effect on 30 November 2028; last day recorded as 29 November. Five years normally from the duly-made/effective application date; shorter licences may be issued for planning or management concerns. Existing licences need not be replaced until expiry. The April 2026 policy expressly allows five-year licences to overhang a discretionary designation expiry, and sets a less-compliant rate for matters including substantiated serious complaints, enforcement history, repeated chasing or failure to supply required documents. Planning permission is separate; a 12-month HMO licence may be issued where planning is unresolved, with the full fee payable.

  Sources

  • nottinghamcity.gov.uk: selective licensing
  • nottinghamcity.gov.uk: sealed designation (PDF)
  • nottinghamcity.gov.uk: second selective licensing scheme nottingham approval letter (PDF)
  • nottinghamcity.gov.uk: 2 licensing fee policy and general administrative practices april 2026 (PDF)

• Additional HMO licence

  In force

  Nottingham City Council Designation of an Area for Additional Licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation 2024

  Area

  All Nottingham City administrative area; sealed designation Annex A defines the boundary.

  Runs

  1 January 2024 to 30 December 2028

  Fee

  Published standard fee: £1,607

  Fees from 1 April 2026, up to nine bedrooms: standard £697 Part A + £910 Part B = £1,607; accredited Nottingham Rental Standard licence holder £697 + £513 = £1,210; less compliant £697 + £1,483 = £2,180. £29 extra per bedroom where ten or more bedrooms. Paper processing £74 and posted form £39. £50 reduction for a current Armed Forces member under the fee policy. Part B is paid when the council proposes to grant; requested payment is normally due within 14 days.

  Who needs one

  HMOs occupied by three or more persons in two or more households meeting section 254 tests and not subject to mandatory licensing, including qualifying purpose-built flats.

  Exemptions

  Sealed designation excludes Schedule 14 buildings, interim/final management orders, temporary exemptions, mandatory-licensable HMOs, section 257 converted blocks, and HMOs complying with qualifying ANUK-administered approved student-accommodation codes. April 2026 fee policy sets conditions for maintaining that ANUK exemption.

  Apply on the council’s websiteLicence conditionsCouncil's map or designation
  ›How we checked this

  Made 19 September 2023. Sealed designation and public notice state it shall cease to have effect on 31 December 2028; last day is recorded as 30 December under this dataset convention. General Approval dated 26 March 2015 relied on. Five years normally from the duly-made/effective application date; shorter licences may be issued for planning or management concerns. Existing licences need not be replaced until expiry. The April 2026 policy expressly allows five-year licences to overhang a discretionary designation expiry, and sets a less-compliant rate for matters including substantiated serious complaints, enforcement history, repeated chasing or failure to supply required documents. Planning permission is separate; a 12-month HMO licence may be issued where planning is unresolved, with the full fee payable.

  Sources

  • nottinghamcity.gov.uk: additional licensing
  • nottinghamcity.gov.uk: designation of an area for additional licensing of houses in multiple occupation 2024 signed by nc (PDF)
  • nottinghamcity.gov.uk: al3 public notice final (PDF)
  • nottinghamcity.gov.uk: 2 licensing fee policy and general administrative practices april 2026 (PDF)
  • nottinghamcity.gov.uk: licence conditions for houses in multiple occupation june 2024 (PDF)

• Mandatory HMO licence

  In force

  Mandatory HMO licensing (national scheme, Nottingham fees)

  Area

  Whole Nottingham City administrative area.

  Fee

  Published standard fee: £1,607

  Fees from 1 April 2026, up to nine bedrooms: standard £697 Part A + £910 Part B = £1,607; accredited Nottingham Rental Standard licence holder £697 + £513 = £1,210; less compliant £697 + £1,483 = £2,180. £29 extra per bedroom where ten or more bedrooms. Paper processing £74 and posted form £39. £50 reduction for a current Armed Forces member under the fee policy. Part B is paid when the council proposes to grant; requested payment is normally due within 14 days.

  Who needs one

  HMOs occupied by five or more people in two or more households sharing or lacking a kitchen, bathroom or toilet; no storey threshold.

  Exemptions

  Schedule 14 Housing Act 2004 exclusions and temporary exemption notices may apply; check the council HMO guidance for the building type.

  Apply on the council’s websiteLicence conditions
  ›How we checked this

  Five years normally from the duly-made/effective application date; shorter licences may be issued for planning or management concerns. Existing licences need not be replaced until expiry. The April 2026 policy expressly allows five-year licences to overhang a discretionary designation expiry, and sets a less-compliant rate for matters including substantiated serious complaints, enforcement history, repeated chasing or failure to supply required documents. Planning permission is separate; a 12-month HMO licence may be issued where planning is unresolved, with the full fee payable.

  Sources

  • nottinghamcity.gov.uk: mandatory licensing for hmos
  • nottinghamcity.gov.uk: 2 licensing fee policy and general administrative practices april 2026 (PDF)
  • nottinghamcity.gov.uk: licence conditions for houses in multiple occupation june 2024 (PDF)

Council source

Nottingham's civil penalty policy

We found no consultations when we researched Nottingham.

We could not settle these points when we researched Nottingham on 15 October 2026. Check them with the council before you rely on them.

• Not yet confirmed

  Selective coverage is a designation polygon, not a whole-ward rule. Exact property inclusion, edge streets and any partial-ward mapping need the official MyProperty checker or Annex A; do not infer a negative result solely from a ward or postcode. The live page still calls the map proposed, although the sealed designation and Secretary of State confirmation establish adoption.

• Not yet confirmed

  No current published selective-licence conditions PDF was found on the current selective landing page. A council delegated decision (5075, 15 January 2024) approved revised individual and block conditions: https://committee.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/documents/s157292/DD5075.pdf . Obtain the current conditions rather than treating the older 2023 proposal appendix as current. conditions_url remains null for this reason.

• Not yet confirmed

  No housing-licensing renewal, extension or replacement consultation or designation was found in targeted council and committee searches for 2025/2026 as of 15 October 2026. Previous additional and selective schemes ended in 2023, outside the preceding twelve-month window; overhanging individual licences may remain effective.

• Not yet confirmed

  The adopted RRA-updated Version4 policy was independently found in September2026 committee papers, but the public housing-offences page still links v3.0 and the selective landing page retains older penalties/RRO wording. Confirm when those public pages and policy links will be corrected; use the adopted Version4 for current policy. Decision: https://committee.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=8857 .

• Not yet confirmed

  The citywide additional designation excludes certain ANUK approved-code properties; fee-policy exemption conditions must be checked for the particular building. An ANUK label alone should not be treated as a blanket exemption from mandatory or selective licensing.

• Not yet confirmed

  The council closed a landlord licensing social-impact survey on 21 July2025 (https://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/engage-nottingham-hub/closed-consultations/landlord-licensing-survey/). Independent reading confirms it measures existing licensing’s social impact; it is not a consultation/designation for a replacement or expanded scheme. The portal displays an invalid opening date of 01January0001, which has not been adopted as data.

The national landlord register is separate from licensing. Nottingham 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