Additional HMO licensing · London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Tower Hamlets Additional Licensing Scheme 2023 (borough-wide)
- Status
- Active
- Runs
- 1 April 2024 — 31 March 2029
- Designated
- 25 October 2023
- Fee
- £1,323 online application, flat — there is NO per-habitable-room charge on an additional licence (the £68.50/room fee applies to mandatory HMO licences only). Postal application £1,550.50. Paying in two instalments costs more: Part A £618 + Part B £787.50 = £1,405.50 online. No accredited-landlord discount listed. Confirmed on the council's own fees page 27 Aug 2026.
- Applies to
- All privately let HMOs including flats occupied by 3+ persons comprising 2+ households, irrespective of storeys; also purpose-built blocks of 3+ self-contained flats with 5+ tenants in 2+ households. Outside mandatory HMO licensing remit.
Our records last verified 27 August 2026 · council designation page
Area covered
The scheme covers the whole of London Borough of Tower Hamlets — every privately rented property in the borough that meets the scheme’s criteria needs a licence, wherever it is.
London Borough of Tower Hamlets also runs its own address-level lookup: check whether a specific address falls inside the scheme.
What this means for landlords
Additional HMO licensing extends licensing to shared homes below the national 5-person mandatory threshold. If your property in this area houses unrelated sharers, check the scheme’s occupancy criteria — operating an unlicensed licensable HMO carries the same penalties as any licensing offence: fines up to £30,000, rent repayment orders, and blocked possession notices.
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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