Selective licensing · Leicester City Council
Leicester City Council designation for Areas for Selective Licensing within parts of the Wards of Stoneygate (East Cluster); Westcotes, Fosse, Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields (West Cluster); Saffron (South Cluster)
- Status
- In force
- Runs
- 10 October 2022 to 9 October 2027
- Designated
- 7 July 2022
- Fee
- £1,290 per property: £1,032 when you apply and £258 when the licence is issued. You may get a discount if you apply within six months of buying a property in the licensing area. Ask the council's selective licensing team.
- Applies to
- Every privately rented home in three areas: parts of the Westcotes, Fosse, and Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields wards in the west, part of Stoneygate in the east and part of Saffron in the south. Small HMOs with up to four people sharing are included. Exempt: HMOs that need a mandatory licence, homes let by a registered social landlord, homes under a management order or with a temporary exemption, and the kinds of letting exempt nationally. Check the council's map for your street.
Our records last verified 18 October 2026 · council designation page
Area covered
The scheme’s area lies within these wards: Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields, Fosse, Saffron, Stoneygate, Westcotes. The council publishes the exact area as a map or a street list, so check your address against it.
Leicester 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.
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