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Licensing in Lambeth

Selective licensing · London Borough of Lambeth

London Borough of Lambeth Phase 2 Designations for Areas for Selective Licensing 2025

Status
In force
Runs
1 September 2025 to 31 August 2030
Designated
23 May 2025
Fee
£1,025 per property: £717.50 when you apply and £307.50 when the licence is granted. Discounts come off the second part: £50 for an EPC of C or better and £75 for accredited landlords (LLAS, NRLA, UKALA, ARLA, RICS or Safeagent). If you have more than one flat in the same block, owned and managed together and applied for at the same time, each flat after the first gets £100 off the first part, refunded once its draft licence is issued. Fees from 1 April 2026.
Applies to
Privately rented homes in 19 named Lambeth wards let to a single family household or to no more than two unrelated sharers. With phase 1, selective licensing covers every ward in Lambeth except Vauxhall and Waterloo & South Bank. Exempt: HMOs that need a mandatory or additional licence, social landlord lets, homes under a management order or with a temporary exemption, and the 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:

  • Brixton Acre Lane
  • Brixton North
  • Brixton Rush Common
  • Brixton Windrush
  • Clapham Common & Abbeville
  • Clapham East
  • Clapham Park
  • Clapham Town
  • Gipsy Hill
  • Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction
  • Kennington
  • Myatt's Fields
  • Oval
  • St Martin's
  • Stockwell East
  • Stockwell West & Larkhall
  • Streatham Hill West & Thornton
  • Streatham Wells
  • West Dulwich

London Borough of Lambeth 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.

If you hold a licence here, HouseFile can track its renewal date

Keep the licence with the rest of the property's certificates, and HouseFile will remind you before each one is due. It also records when your tenants open the documents you share.
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