Selective licensing · Leeds City Council
East, South and West Leeds Selective Licensing Scheme
- Status
- Active
- Runs
- 9 February 2026 — 8 February 2031
- Designated
- 3 November 2025
- Fee
- Two-part fee. Online application: £400 (part 1) + £700 (part 2) = £1,100; part 2 reduced to £550 for Leeds Rental Standard members (£950 total). Paper application: £525 + £700 = £1,225. Fee structure applies from 26 February 2026.
- Applies to
- All privately rented residential properties in the designated area (single continuous polygon covering parts of six wards), including single-family lets and shared houses. Exemptions include holiday lets, business premises, social lettings, university-managed student housing, lettings to family members, properties already licensed as HMOs, and empty properties.
Our records last verified 27 August 2026 · council designation page · licence conditions
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 street-precise.
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 in the designated area regardless of size — single lets included. Letting an unlicensed property inside the area can mean a civil penalty of up to £30,000, a rent repayment order of up to 12 months’ rent, and no valid possession notice until the position is fixed.
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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