Selective licensing · Royal Borough of Greenwich
Royal Borough of Greenwich Designation of an Area for Selective Licensing 2022
- Status
- In force
- Runs
- 1 October 2022 to 1 October 2027
- Designated
- 31 March 2022
- Fee
- £905.75 per property. 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
- Privately rented homes let to one household or two people in the part of Woolwich, Plumstead and Shooters Hill shown on the council's map. Exempt: HMOs that need a mandatory or additional licence, homes let by a housing association or other social landlord, homes under a management order or with a temporary exemption, and the kinds of letting exempt nationally. Check your address on the council's selective licensing lookup.
Our records last verified 18 October 2026 · council designation page · licence conditions
Area covered
The scheme’s area lies within these wards: Abbey Wood, Plumstead & Glyndon, Plumstead Common, Shooters Hill, West Thamesmead, Woolwich Arsenal, Woolwich Common, Woolwich Dockyard. The council publishes the exact area as a map or a street list, so check your address against it.
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
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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