Selective licensing · Northumberland County Council
The Northumberland County Council - Designation of an Area of Selective Licensing (Croft Ward, Blyth) 2024
- Status
- In force
- Runs
- 14 October 2024 to 13 October 2029
- Designated
- 9 July 2024
- Fee
- £650 per property: £200 when you apply and £450 for the second part. Landlords accredited through the council's PLAN scheme pay £495 (£200 and £295). A late application costs £250 more. After your third licensed property, each further one is £25 less. Licences last up to five years and can't be transferred: a new licence holder pays the full fee again.
- Applies to
- Every privately rented home in the Croft area of Blyth shown on the council's map, on the 47 streets the designation lists, in the area bounded by Hodgsons Road, Regent Street, Waterloo Road and Bridge Street, and Renwick Road. Homes on Hodgsons Road are included. Exempt: HMOs that need a mandatory HMO licence, homes let by the council or a housing association, business tenancies, leases of more than 21 years, homes let to certain relatives, holiday lets, homes with a temporary exemption, and the other kinds of letting exempt nationally. Check the council's map and street list for your address.
Our records last verified 18 October 2026 · council designation page
Area covered
The scheme’s area lies within these wards: Croft, Wensleydale. The council publishes the exact area as a map or a street list, so check your address against it.
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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