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Licensing in South Derbyshire

South Derbyshire has no selective or additional licensing scheme in force.

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  • National rules only15

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, South Derbyshire fees)

    Area

    Whole of South Derbyshire District (national scheme).

    Fee

    Published standard fee: £862

    Council fees and charges (Housing, Strategic Housing): 'Licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation 862.00' for both 2025/26 and 2026/27. No split, discounts or per-room supplement stated.

    Who needs one
    HMOs with five or more occupiers forming two or more households regardless of storeys, including flats in converted buildings and flats in purpose-built blocks of one or two flats that are such HMOs.
    Exemptions
    The council page cites exemptions such as properties managed by local authorities and registered housing providers.
    Apply on the council’s website
    How we checked this

    'The Council operates a Mandatory HMO licensing scheme.' A licence 'will generally run for five years' but may be shorter. 21-day consultation on a draft licence. The page still cites a civil penalty of up to £30,000.

    Sources

Article 4 for house shares

Not yet confirmed

Whether South Derbyshire has an Article 4 direction on house shares.

Civil penalty policy

Not yet confirmed

We have not found South Derbyshire's civil penalty policy yet.

Consultations

We found no consultations when we researched South Derbyshire.

Not yet confirmed

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

  • Not yet confirmed

    No selective or additional licensing scheme found. Checked: the council's private tenants and landlords and HMO pages (which describe only the mandatory scheme) and the website sitemap. Committee papers not searched.

  • Not yet confirmed

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

  • Not yet confirmed

    Article 4: whether South Derbyshire 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. South Derbyshire 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