Selective licensing · North Yorkshire Council
Scarborough South selective licensing designation (SL3), parts of the former Weaponness and Ramshill ward (council page name: Selective licensing in Scarborough South)
- Status
- In force
- Runs
- 1 May 2022 to 30 April 2027
- Designated
- 27 July 2020
- Fee
- £550 for a licence that runs to 30 April 2027, paid in two parts: £180 when you apply and £370 before the licence is issued. A landlord who owns the freehold of a block gets one licence for all their flats in it, at £550 plus £100 for each extra flat. Without the freehold, each flat needs its own licence: £550 for the first and £100 for each extra one. There's £50 off for members of the NRLA, the Eastern Landlord Association, the National Approved Lettings Scheme or ARLA, and £50 off each further application, except for extra flats already charged at £100.
- Applies to
- Every privately rented home on the listed streets of Scarborough South, in the South Cliff area (parts of the former Weaponness and Ramshill ward), about 1,000 homes. Some streets are covered only for certain house numbers, such as Valley Road (even numbers 32 to 58) and Esplanade Gardens (number 37 only). Exempt: licensed HMOs, social landlord lets, homes under a management order or temporary exemption, business tenancies, holiday homes, lets to certain relatives, and homes where the landlord or a relative lives and shares facilities.
Our records last verified 18 October 2026 · council designation page · licence conditions
Area covered
The designation covers a defined area of North Yorkshire 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.
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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