County Durham selective licensing 2022 to 2027
Selective licensing · active · lsoa
- Coverage
- lsoa
- Runs
- 1 Apr 2022 to 31 Mar 2027
- Term
- 5 years
- Fee per property
- £585
County Durham selective licensing applies to privately rented homes in 103 designated LSOAs and runs from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2027.
The scheme is scoped to small statistical areas (LSOAs) from the Office for National Statistics. Each LSOA is a few hundred households, and the boundaries do not follow street names, so two neighbouring streets can fall on different sides.
The standard fee is £585 per property, paid in two parts: £200 on application (Part A) and £385 when the draft licence is issued (Part B). Existing qualifying licence holders pay £435: £165 Part A and £270 Part B.
Properties exempt from this scheme
- Local housing authority or registered social landlord tenancies
- Holiday lets
- A family member renting the property from the landlord
- Long lease tenancies of 21 years
- Business tenancies
- Properties where the council has taken action to close the property down
- Licensable HMOs under Part 2 of the Housing Act 2004
- Temporary exemption notices
- Empty properties, until a licence is successfully applied for before a tenant moves in
- Temporary exemption notices for up to three months where the property is being sold or the tenancy is ending
Discounts the council offers
- £150 discount for an existing County Durham selective licence holder on 1 April 2025 who applies for an additional property within 12 weeks of it becoming licensable
A landlord who qualifies for the strongest energy and accreditation discounts on this scheme pays around £435 instead of the headline £585 fee, a saving of £150.
Small statistical areas covered
Acre Rigg North, Acre Rigg South, Annfield Plain, Bearpark, Blackhall Colliery North, Blackhall Colliery South, Blackhall Rocks North, Blackhall Rocks South, Catchgate North, Chester Central 2, Chester West 2, Cockton Hill East, Cockton Hill North, Consett South, Consett West, Coundon Grange, Coundon South, Craghead North, Crook Central 2, Crook East, Dalton le Dale, Dalton Park, Dawdon North 2, Dawdon South 1, Dawdon South 2, Deaf Hill, Dene House Central, Dene House East, Easington Colliery Central, Easington Colliery North, Easington Colliery South, Eden Hill Central, Eden Hill North, Eden Hill South, Eldon, Esh Winning, Ferryhill Dean Bank North, Ferryhill Dean Bank South, Ferryhill South & Station, Grange Villa, Haswell, Havannah South, Henknowle North, Henknowle South, Horden Central, Horden East, Horden North, Horden South, Horden West, Howletch East, Hunwick, Kelloe, Leadgate Central, Leadgate North, Low Spennymoor, Middlestone Moor, Midridge South, Moorside West, Murton Central, Murton East, Murton Moor & Sth Hetton, New Kyo, New Shildon, Newfield, Passfield East, Passfield North, Pelton Fell, Pelton North, Roddymoor, Seaham Harbour South, Shildon East, Shildon West, Shotton Colliery Central, Shotton East, South Hetton East, South Moor Central, South Moor North, South Moor South, Spennymoor Central, Stanley Crook, Stanley Hall North, Stanley Hall West, Station Town, Sunnybrow, Sunnydale, Thickley, Toronto, Tow Law Central, Tow Law Rural, Trimdon South, Ushaw Moor East, Waterhouses, West Auckland East, West Central, West Cornforth, West North, West South, Wheatley Hill North, Wheatley Hill South, Willington Central, Wingate West, Woodham Village SW, Woodhouse Close South.