Additional HMO licensing · London Borough of Brent
Brent Additional Licensing Designation 2026 (Notice of Designation of an Area for Additional Licensing (3) 2025)
- Status
- In force
- Runs
- 2 February 2026 to 2 February 2031
- Designated
- 13 October 2025
- Fee
- £1,040, paid in two parts: £540 and £500. A renewal costs £940. London Landlord Accreditation Scheme members get £40 off, and an optional £100 fee gets you help with the application.
- Applies to
- HMOs across Brent that don't need a mandatory licence: homes let to three or four people from two or more households, some converted blocks of flats that don't meet building regulations (section 257 HMOs), and some purpose-built blocks of flats.
Our records last verified 27 August 2026 · council designation page · licence conditions
Area covered
The scheme covers the whole of London Borough of Brent. Every privately rented property in the borough that meets the scheme’s criteria needs a licence, wherever it is.
London Borough of Brent also runs its own address-level lookup: check whether a specific address falls inside the scheme.
What this means for landlords
Additional HMO licensing extends licensing to shared homes below the national 5-person mandatory threshold. If your property in this area houses unrelated sharers, check the scheme’s occupancy criteria. Running a licensable HMO without a licence carries the same penalties as any licensing offence: 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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