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2024/2025

Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) licensing

Locally-Set Fees Private Sector Housing

New license

Number of Units 2024/25 Fee
3-5 Units £1,086.00
6-10 units £1,176.00
11+ units £1,265.00

Licence Renewal 

Number of Units 2024/25 Fee
3-5 Units £768.00
6-10 units £813.00
11+ units £858.00

HMO Licensing Public Register

 Request Type 2024/25 Charge
Request for full register electronically £6.00
Request for full register hardcopy £9.00

Enforcement action charges

Action type

2024/25 Charge

Improvement notice £689.00
Prohibition Order £689.00
Emergency Remedial Action £689.00
Emergency prohibition order £689.00
Demolition Order £689 plus survey fees

Immigration housing request visits

Request Type  2024/25 Fee
All requests £431.00

Works with or without agreement (work in default)

Works in default Charge 2024/25
Interest on works and associated costs Cost of the work plus officer time (including travel) plus £155 admin fee. 3% interest per annum added where invoice is un-paid after the initial 28 days.

Non-Locally Set Fees Private Sector Housing

Financial (civil) penalties

 Penalty Type Penalty
Housing Act offences Financial penalty as alternative to prosecution up to £30,000
Electrical Safety Standards Up to £30,000
Breach of a banning order Up to £30,000

Smoke and carbon monoxide alarms

Penalty Type Penalty
Failing to comply with a remedial notice £5,000

Energy Efficiency Regulations

Penalty Type Penalty
Renting out a non-compliant property - Less than three months in breach

£2,000 and Publication penalty

Renting out a non-compliant property - Three months or more in breach £4,000 and Publication penalty
Providing false or misleading information on the Exemption register £1,000 and Publication penalty
Failing to comply with a compliance notice £2,000 and publication penalty
  • These penalties are applied to each property where there is a breach to a maximum of £5,000 per property
  • Publication penalty – some of the details of the financial penalties are published on the publicly accessible part of the PRS Exemptions Register

 

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