Selective licensing · London Borough of Bexley
London Borough of Bexley Designation for an Area for Selective Licensing (scheme name: The London Borough of Bexley Selective Licensing Scheme 2024; council page name: Selective Licensing Scheme, Belvedere Ward)
- Status
- In force
- Runs
- 13 January 2025 to 12 January 2030
- Designated
- 3 October 2024
- Fee
- £830 per property: £350 when you apply, which isn't refunded, and £480 before the licence is granted. Landlords or agents accredited when they apply get £50 off. The licence ends with the scheme on 12 January 2030, whenever it was granted.
- Applies to
- Every privately rented home in Belvedere ward, including shared houses with fewer than five people. Shared houses with five or more people from two or more households usually need a mandatory HMO licence instead. Exempt: homes let by a housing association or the council, homes let by the police, fire service or NHS, student housing run by a university or college, homes let to a member of the owner's family, leases of more than 21 years, homes leased to the council as emergency accommodation, holiday lets, lodgers who share the owner's home, homes under a management order or with a temporary exemption, and the other kinds of letting exempt nationally.
Our records last verified 18 October 2026 · council designation page · licence conditions
Area covered
The designation covers these wards, as they were drawn when the scheme was made:
- Belvedere
London Borough of Bexley also runs its own address-level lookup: check whether a specific address falls inside the scheme.
What this means for landlords
Selective licensing applies to privately rented homes of any size in the designated area, including single lets. Letting an unlicensed property inside the area can mean a civil penalty of up to £40,000 and a rent repayment order of up to 24 months’ rent.
Is your property inside the scheme area?
This checker reflects HouseFile’s records of council licensing designations, not the councils’ live registers. Our records indicate the position at the verification date shown on each result. Schemes are designated, renewed and revoked throughout the year, and postcode-level lookups are approximate near scheme boundaries. Always confirm with the council before letting or buying a property, using the source link on each card. This is general information, not legal advice.
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