Selective licensing · Leeds City Council
Harehills Selective Licensing Area
- Status
- Expired
- Dates
- 6 January 2020 — 5 January 2025
- Designated
- 18 July 2019
- Applies to
- Privately rented properties in the designated Harehills area (parts of Gipton & Harehills and Burmantofts & Richmond Hill wards), subject to standard selective licensing 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 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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