Licensing in Leeds

Selective licensing · Leeds City Council

Beeston Selective Licensing Area

Status
Ended
Dates
6 January 2020 to 5 January 2025
Designated
18 July 2019
Applies to
Privately rented homes in the Beeston area, across parts of the Beeston & Holbeck and Hunslet & Riverside wards, with the usual exemptions.

Our records last verified 27 August 2026 · council designation page

Area covered

The designation covers a defined area of Leeds City Council. Check your exact address with the checker below and against the map on the council’s designation page, because scheme boundaries are drawn street by street.

Leeds City Council 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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