Selective licensing · Burnley Borough Council
Queensgate selective licensing designation 2025 to 2030 (council name: Queensgate)
- Status
- In force
- Runs
- 27 April 2025 to 26 April 2030
- Designated
- 27 January 2025
- Fee
- £774 per property for a first application: £420 when you apply and £354 when the licence is granted. An additional property costs £694 (£420 and £274). Members of the council's Good Landlord and Agent Scheme who applied to join before the scheme started and became accredited get 30% off the total, taken off the second payment. You can ask to pay by monthly direct debit over up to 24 months. A licence can't be transferred.
- Applies to
- Every privately rented home in the Queensgate area, including small shared houses that don't need an HMO licence (Burnley has no additional HMO licensing). Some streets are only partly included, by house number. Exempt: homes under a prohibition order, business premises, homes that need an HMO licence, agricultural lets, homes run by the council, police, fire service or NHS, student housing managed by a college or university, long leases of over 21 years, homes let to the landlord's family, holiday lets, and homes where the tenant shares with the landlord or the landlord's family. Check the council's street list for your address.
Our records last verified 18 October 2026 · council designation page · licence conditions
Area covered
The scheme’s area lies within these wards: Bank Hall, Daneshouse with Stoneyholme, Lanehead, Queensgate. The council publishes the exact area as a map or a street list, so check your address against it.
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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