Additional HMO licensing · Royal Borough of Greenwich
Royal Borough of Greenwich Designation for an Area for Additional Licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation 2023 (heading of the notice: The Royal Borough of Greenwich Designation of an Area for Additional Licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation 2023)
- Status
- In force
- Runs
- 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2028
- Designated
- 20 September 2023
- Fee
- £527.82 for each letting or unit you rent out, for up to five lettings. Each letting after the fifth costs £316.69. You pay half when you apply and the rest when the council issues your draft licence. Most licences last five years. No discounts are published.
- Applies to
- HMOs anywhere in Greenwich that don't need a mandatory licence: usually homes let to three or four people from two or more households who share a kitchen, bathroom or toilet. Converted blocks of flats that don't meet the 1991 Building Regulations, where more than a third of the flats are let on short tenancies, are included. Exempt: buildings the law says aren't HMOs, such as those run by the council, a housing association, the police or the NHS, some student housing managed by a university or college, and an owner's home with up to two lodgers. HMOs under a management order or with a temporary exemption are exempt too.
Our records last verified 18 October 2026 · council designation page · licence conditions
Area covered
The scheme covers the whole of Royal Borough of Greenwich. Every privately rented property in the borough that meets the scheme’s criteria needs a licence, wherever it is.
Royal Borough of Greenwich 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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