HMO Licence Checker London
Enter your property details to check whether you need a Mandatory HMO, Additional, or Selective licence.
This free tool gives indicative guidance only — it is not legal advice or an official certificate. Results use verified compliance rules (not sample or mock designation lists). Building address matching improves property identity; street-level selective schemes are only asserted when a complete verified designation list is available. For a definitive answer, request a full compliance report or get . Operating an HMO without the required licence is a criminal offence — councils can fine up to £40,000 per offence, and in practice it is rarely just one: an unlicensed property usually racks up multiple offences the longer it goes unresolved.
Resolves borough and ward for a more accurate selective-licensing check.
Without a postcode, this only gives a general borough-wide overview.