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Selective licensing · Liverpool City Council

City of Liverpool (Area for Selective Licensing) Designation 2020

Status
Active
Runs
1 April 2022 — 31 March 2027
Designated
24 December 2020
Fee
Full property licence £704 (Part A £232.32 + Part B £471.68). Discounts stack: new rental property £486; EPC C+ £422 (£64 off); multi-flat same block £422 (£64 off); accredited landlord-body membership £449 (£37 off); combined discounts down to £321 (EPC C+ + multi-flat + membership). No fee where property let to assist council homelessness duty.
Applies to
Any privately rented building, house, maisonette or flat in the 16 designated wards occupied under a single tenancy/licence (or tenancies of dwellings within it) that is not an exempt tenancy or licence. HMOs licensable under Part 2 of the Housing Act 2004 (mandatory HMO licensing) are excepted; other statutory exceptions include temporary exemption notices and interim/final management orders.

Our records last verified 27 August 2026 · council designation page · licence conditions

Area covered

The designation covers the following wards (pre-May-2023 ward boundaries (ONS Wards December 2022, generalised BGC)):

  • E05000887
  • E05000889
  • E05000893
  • E05000896
  • E05000897
  • E05000898
  • E05000899
  • E05000900
  • E05000904
  • E05000905
  • E05000906
  • E05000907
  • E05000908
  • E05000910
  • E05000911
  • E05000912

Liverpool 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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