# Licensing in Rutland

> Rutland 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: E06000017
- Web page: https://lettance.com/councils/rutland
- API: https://lettance.com/api/v1/councils/rutland

## Licensing schemes

We found no licensing scheme for Rutland.

## Article 4 for house shares

Not yet confirmed: whether Rutland has an Article 4 direction on house shares.

## Civil penalty policy

Not yet confirmed: we have not found Rutland's civil penalty policy yet.

## Consultations

We found no consultations when we researched Rutland.

## Not yet confirmed

We could not settle these points when we researched Rutland on 26 October 2026. Check them with the council before you rely on them.

- Mandatory HMO licensing (national: five or more people, two or more households) applies, but Rutland publishes no HMO licence page or fee of its own. Its 'Housing repairs, standards and enforcement' page (https://www.rutland.gov.uk/housing/housing-repairs-standards-enforcement) says: 'We share our housing standards service with Peterborough City Council', and that the team will 'implement mandatory licensing of houses in multiple occupation' (contact housing.standards@peterborough.gov.uk). Fee and application route not confirmed.
- No selective or additional licensing scheme found. Checked: the council's housing standards page, housing strategies pages and the full website sitemap for selective/additional licensing pages. Committee papers not searched.
- Locate any civil penalty policy used by the shared Peterborough/Rutland housing standards service.
- Article 4: whether Rutland 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. Rutland 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/rutland (catalogue edition 31 October 2026). This is information, not legal advice. Check the linked sources, and the council's own pages, before you act.