What does coverage mean here?

A council is reviewed when Property Licence has checked council sources and stored a canonical licensing record for that authority.

Does the map prove a property needs a licence?

No. The map shows council-level scheme coverage. A postcode or property can still need a detailed check against scheme boundaries, property type and occupation.

Why are some councils not reviewed yet?

Those councils are on the list of UK local authorities, but we have not finished reviewing their licensing pages yet. Mandatory HMO licensing still applies nationally.

Where does the boundary data come from?

Council boundaries and population figures come from ONS local authority district data.

UK property licensing coverage map

See which councils have selective licensing, additional HMO licensing, reviewed no-local-scheme records, or source work still outstanding.

Councils reviewed

361

Active local schemes

138

Population reviewed

100%

Council	Coverage	Confidence	Population
Aberdeen City S12000033	None	high	231,780
Aberdeenshire S12000034	None	high	265,080
Adur E07000223	None	high	64,889
Amber Valley E07000032	None	high	130,451
Angus S12000041	None	high	114,810
Antrim and Newtownabbey N09000001	None	high	148,100
Ards and North Down N09000011	None	high	165,415
Argyll and Bute S12000035	None	high	87,690
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon N09000002	None	high	222,511
Arun E07000224	Additional only	high	170,064
Ashfield E07000170	Selective only	high	129,572
Ashford E07000105	None	high	140,936
Babergh E07000200	None	high	97,033
Barking and Dagenham E09000002	Selective + additional	high	232,747
Barnet E09000003	Additional only	high	405,050
Barnsley E08000038	None	high	0
Basildon E07000066	None	high	193,632
Basingstoke and Deane E07000084	None	high	193,110
Bassetlaw E07000171	None	high	124,937
Bath and North East Somerset E06000022	None	high	200,028
Bedford E06000055	Source issue	high	194,976
Belfast N09000003	None	high	352,390
Bexley E09000004	Selective only	high	256,434
Birmingham E08000025	Selective + additional	high	1,183,618
Blaby E07000129	None	high	108,165
Blackburn with Darwen E06000008	None	high	162,540
Blackpool E06000009	Selective only	high	144,191
Blaenau Gwent W06000019	None	high	67,873
Bolsover E07000033	None	high	83,773
Bolton E08000001	None	high	310,085
Boston E07000136	None	high	71,080
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058	None	high	408,967
Bracknell Forest E06000036	None	high	130,806
Bradford E08000032	None	high	563,605
Braintree E07000067	None	high	164,304
Breckland E07000143	None	high	146,620
Brent E09000005	Selective + additional	high	352,976
Brentwood E07000068	None	high	79,326
Bridgend W06000013	None	high	147,530
Brighton and Hove E06000043	Selective + additional	high	283,870
Bristol, City of E06000023	Selective + additional	high	494,399
Broadland E07000144	None	high	138,157
Bromley E09000006	None	high	335,319
Bromsgrove E07000234	None	high	101,685
Broxbourne E07000095	None	high	101,900
Broxtowe E07000172	None	high	114,565
Buckinghamshire E06000060	None	high	578,772
Burnley E07000117	Selective only	high	99,233
Bury E08000002	None	high	198,921
Caerphilly W06000018	None	high	176,865
Calderdale E08000033	None	high	210,929
Cambridge E07000008	None	high	149,352
Camden E09000007	Additional only	high	216,943
Cannock Chase E07000192	None	high	104,088
Canterbury E07000106	None	high	162,100
Cardiff W06000015	Additional only	high	383,919
Carmarthenshire W06000010	None	high	190,800
Castle Point E07000069	None	high	90,581
Causeway Coast and Glens N09000004	None	high	141,954
Central Bedfordshire E06000056	None	high	315,877
Ceredigion W06000008	Additional only	high	72,599
Charnwood E07000130	Selective + additional	high	188,385
Chelmsford E07000070	None	high	188,803
Cheltenham E07000078	None	high	121,739
Cherwell E07000177	None	high	170,426
Cheshire East E06000049	None	high	421,298
Cheshire West and Chester E06000050	None	high	371,652
Chesterfield E07000034	None	high	106,045
Chichester E07000225	None	high	128,934
Chorley E07000118	None	high	120,839
City of Edinburgh S12000036	None	high	530,680
City of London E09000001	None	high	15,111
Clackmannanshire S12000005	None	high	52,110
Colchester E07000071	None	high	200,222
Conwy W06000003	Additional only	high	114,891
Cornwall E06000052	None	high	583,289
Cotswold E07000079	None	high	91,661
County Durham E06000047	Selective only	high	538,011
Coventry E08000026	Additional only	high	369,026
Crawley E07000226	None	high	124,008
Croydon E09000008	Selective + additional	high	409,342
Cumberland E06000063	None	high	280,495
Dacorum E07000096	None	high	161,420
Darlington E06000005	None	high	112,489
Dartford E07000107	None	high	125,011
Denbighshire W06000004	Additional only	high	98,202
Derby E06000015	None	high	274,149
Derbyshire Dales E07000035	None	high	71,757
Derry City and Strabane N09000005	None	high	152,383
Doncaster E08000017	Selective only	high	319,765
Dorset E06000059	None	high	389,947
Dover E07000108	None	high	119,768
Dudley E08000027	None	high	331,930
Dumfries and Galloway S12000006	None	high	145,860
Dundee City S12000042	None	high	149,880
Ealing E09000009	Selective + additional	high	385,985
East Ayrshire S12000008	None	high	121,480
East Cambridgeshire E07000009	None	high	92,906
East Devon E07000040	None	high	158,239
East Dunbartonshire S12000045	None	high	109,970
East Hampshire E07000085	None	high	129,975
East Hertfordshire E07000242	None	high	156,875
East Lindsey E07000137	None	high	145,183
East Lothian S12000010	None	high	115,180
East Renfrewshire S12000011	None	high	99,830
East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011	Additional only	high	355,884
East Staffordshire E07000193	Selective only	high	129,659
East Suffolk E07000244	None	high	249,664
Eastbourne E07000061	None	high	104,259
Eastleigh E07000086	None	high	142,933
Elmbridge E07000207	None	high	141,926
Enfield E09000010	Selective + additional	high	327,434
Epping Forest E07000072	None	high	137,451
Epsom and Ewell E07000208	None	high	83,288
Erewash E07000036	None	high	114,253
Exeter E07000041	None	high	138,399
Falkirk S12000014	None	high	160,020
Fareham E07000087	None	high	115,428
Fenland E07000010	None	high	104,896
Fermanagh and Omagh N09000006	None	high	117,687
Fife S12000047	None	high	374,760
Flintshire W06000005	Source issue	high	155,867
Folkestone and Hythe E07000112	None	high	112,411
Forest of Dean E07000080	None	high	89,753
Fylde E07000119	None	high	85,447
Gateshead E08000037	Selective only	high	202,760
Gedling E07000173	Selective only	high	120,179
Glasgow City S12000049	None	high	650,300
Gloucester E07000081	None	high	138,598
Gosport E07000088	None	high	82,921
Gravesham E07000109	None	high	110,671
Great Yarmouth E07000145	Selective only	high	100,529
Greenwich E09000011	Source issue	high	299,528
Guildford E07000209	None	high	151,359
Gwynedd W06000002	Additional only	high	120,813
Hackney E09000012	Selective + additional	high	266,758
Halton E06000006	None	high	131,543
Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013	Selective + additional	high	188,687
Harborough E07000131	None	high	104,713
Haringey E09000014	Source issue	high	263,850
Harlow E07000073	Source issue	high	98,235
Harrow E09000015	Selective + additional	high	270,724
Hart E07000089	None	high	103,162
Hartlepool E06000001	None	high	98,180
Hastings E07000062	None	high	91,219
Havant E07000090	None	high	126,985
Havering E09000016	Selective + additional	high	276,274
Herefordshire, County of E06000019	None	high	191,047
Hertsmere E07000098	None	high	110,212
High Peak E07000037	None	high	91,959
Highland S12000017	None	high	237,290
Hillingdon E09000017	Additional only	high	329,185
Hinckley and Bosworth E07000132	None	high	116,682
Horsham E07000227	None	high	151,521
Hounslow E09000018	Additional only	high	299,424
Huntingdonshire E07000011	None	high	190,619
Hyndburn E07000120	None	high	86,058
Inverclyde S12000018	None	high	78,880
Ipswich E07000202	None	high	140,274
Isle of Anglesey W06000001	None	high	69,097
Isle of Wight E06000046	None	high	141,660
Isles of Scilly E06000053	None	high	2,366
Islington E09000019	Selective + additional	high	223,024
Kensington and Chelsea E09000020	Additional only	high	144,518
King's Lynn and West Norfolk E07000146	None	high	156,206
Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010	None	high	275,401
Kingston upon Thames E09000021	None	high	172,692
Kirklees E08000034	None	high	447,847
Knowsley E08000011	None	high	162,565
Lambeth E09000022	Selective + additional	high	316,920
Lancaster E07000121	None	high	145,006
Leeds E08000035	Selective only	high	845,189
Leicester E06000016	Selective only	high	388,348
Lewes E07000063	None	high	102,363
Lewisham E09000023	Selective + additional	high	301,255
Lichfield E07000194	None	high	111,932
Lincoln E07000138	None	high	105,114
Lisburn and Castlereagh N09000007	None	high	151,669
Liverpool E08000012	Selective only	high	508,961
Luton E06000032	Selective + additional	high	239,090
Maidstone E07000110	None	high	187,767
Maldon E07000074	None	high	69,131
Malvern Hills E07000235	None	high	83,227
Manchester E08000003	Selective only	high	589,670
Mansfield E07000174	Selective only	high	113,138
Medway E06000035	None	high	292,655
Melton E07000133	None	high	54,052
Merthyr Tydfil W06000024	None	high	58,972
Merton E09000024	Additional only	high	218,539
Mid and East Antrim N09000008	None	high	139,913
Mid Devon E07000042	None	high	84,993
Mid Suffolk E07000203	None	high	110,775
Mid Sussex E07000228	None	high	161,755
Mid Ulster N09000009	None	high	152,718
Middlesbrough E06000002	Selective only	high	156,161
Midlothian S12000019	None	high	99,880
Milton Keynes E06000042	None	high	305,884
Mole Valley E07000210	None	high	88,709
Monmouthshire W06000021	None	high	94,930
Moray S12000020	None	high	95,010
Na h-Eileanan Siar S12000013	None	high	26,020
Neath Port Talbot W06000012	None	high	143,249
New Forest E07000091	None	high	176,116
Newark and Sherwood E07000175	None	high	127,886
Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021	Selective + additional	high	320,605
Newcastle-under-Lyme E07000195	None	high	127,727
Newham E09000025	Selective + additional	high	374,523
Newport W06000022	Source issue	high	167,899
Newry, Mourne and Down N09000010	None	high	183,115
North Ayrshire S12000021	None	high	134,010
North Devon E07000043	None	high	101,222
North East Derbyshire E07000038	None	high	106,646
North East Lincolnshire E06000012	Selective only	high	159,911
North Hertfordshire E07000099	None	high	137,201
North Kesteven E07000139	None	high	122,468
North Lanarkshire S12000050	None	high	344,540
North Lincolnshire E06000013	Selective only	high	171,336
North Norfolk E07000147	None	high	103,217
North Northamptonshire E06000061	None	high	373,871
North Somerset E06000024	None	high	224,578
North Tyneside E08000022	None	high	215,025
North Warwickshire E07000218	None	high	67,117
North West Leicestershire E07000134	None	high	111,881
North Yorkshire E06000065	Selective only	high	635,270
Northumberland E06000057	Selective only	high	331,420
Norwich E07000148	None	high	147,182
Nottingham E06000018	Selective + additional	high	331,077
Nuneaton and Bedworth E07000219	None	high	141,565
Oadby and Wigston E07000135	Selective only	high	61,695
Oldham E08000004	Selective only	high	251,560
Orkney Islands S12000023	None	high	22,020
Oxford E07000178	Selective + additional	high	166,034
Pembrokeshire W06000009	None	high	125,761
Pendle E07000122	None	high	99,777
Perth and Kinross S12000048	None	high	154,420
Peterborough E06000031	Selective + additional	high	223,655
Plymouth E06000026	None	high	272,067
Portsmouth E06000044	Additional only	high	214,321
Powys W06000023	None	high	135,059
Preston E07000123	None	high	162,864
Reading E06000038	Additional only	high	182,907
Redbridge E09000026	Source issue	high	321,231
Redcar and Cleveland E06000003	None	high	139,228
Redditch E07000236	None	high	87,847
Reigate and Banstead E07000211	None	high	159,134
Renfrewshire S12000038	None	high	189,170
Rhondda Cynon Taf W06000016	Additional only	high	242,844
Ribble Valley E07000124	None	high	65,794
Richmond upon Thames E09000027	None	high	196,678
Rochdale E08000005	Additional only	high	235,561
Rochford E07000075	None	high	89,815
Rossendale E07000125	None	high	73,045
Rother E07000064	None	high	96,133
Rotherham E08000018	Selective only	high	276,595
Rugby E07000220	None	high	122,378
Runnymede E07000212	None	high	92,118
Rushcliffe E07000176	None	high	126,736
Rushmoor E07000092	None	high	105,751
Rutland E06000017	None	high	41,443
Salford E08000006	Selective + additional	high	294,348
Sandwell E08000028	Additional only	high	353,860
Scottish Borders S12000026	None	high	116,980
Sefton E08000014	Selective + additional	high	286,281
Sevenoaks E07000111	None	high	122,748
Sheffield E08000039	None	high	0
Shetland Islands S12000027	None	high	23,190
Shropshire E06000051	None	high	332,455
Slough E06000039	None	high	167,359
Solihull E08000029	None	high	221,242
Somerset E06000066	None	high	588,328
South Ayrshire S12000028	None	high	112,260
South Cambridgeshire E07000012	None	high	172,544
South Derbyshire E07000039	None	high	117,493
South Gloucestershire E06000025	None	high	306,332
South Hams E07000044	None	high	92,148
South Holland E07000140	None	high	99,298
South Kesteven E07000141	None	high	147,151
South Lanarkshire S12000029	None	high	334,030
South Norfolk E07000149	None	high	148,448
South Oxfordshire E07000179	None	high	156,470
South Ribble E07000126	None	high	116,113
South Staffordshire E07000196	None	high	114,423
South Tyneside E08000023	None	high	151,393
Southampton E06000045	Additional only	high	259,424
Southend-on-Sea E06000033	Selective only	high	185,256
Southwark E09000028	Selective + additional	high	314,786
Spelthorne E07000213	None	high	107,074
St Albans E07000240	None	high	151,012
St. Helens E08000013	None	high	188,861
Stafford E07000197	None	high	141,556
Staffordshire Moorlands E07000198	None	high	96,651
Stevenage E07000243	None	high	91,774
Stirling S12000030	None	high	94,210
Stockport E08000007	None	high	303,929
Stockton-on-Tees E06000004	Selective only	high	206,800
Stoke-on-Trent E06000021	None	high	270,425
Stratford-on-Avon E07000221	None	high	146,258
Stroud E07000082	None	high	125,680
Sunderland E08000024	None	high	288,606
Surrey Heath E07000214	None	high	94,492
Sutton E09000029	Source issue	high	214,525
Swale E07000113	None	high	158,379
Swansea W06000011	Additional only	high	251,304
Swindon E06000030	None	high	243,875
Tameside E08000008	None	high	239,643
Tamworth E07000199	None	high	81,117
Tandridge E07000215	None	high	90,586
Teignbridge E07000045	None	high	138,548
Telford and Wrekin E06000020	Source issue	high	195,952
Tendring E07000076	None	high	156,759
Test Valley E07000093	None	high	135,201
Tewkesbury E07000083	Source issue	high	101,949
Thanet E07000114	None	high	142,691
Three Rivers E07000102	None	high	95,807
Thurrock E06000034	Source issue	high	180,989
Tonbridge and Malling E07000115	None	high	136,853
Torbay E06000027	None	high	140,126
Torfaen W06000020	None	high	94,119
Torridge E07000046	None	high	69,841
Tower Hamlets E09000030	Selective + additional	high	331,886
Trafford E08000009	None	high	241,025
Tunbridge Wells E07000116	None	high	119,694
Uttlesford E07000077	None	high	95,106
Vale of Glamorgan W06000014	None	high	135,743
Vale of White Horse E07000180	None	high	149,347
Wakefield E08000036	None	high	367,666
Walsall E08000030	Additional only	high	295,678
Waltham Forest E09000031	Selective + additional	high	279,737
Wandsworth E09000032	Selective + additional	high	337,655
Warrington E06000007	None	high	215,391
Warwick E07000222	Additional only	high	154,889
Watford E07000103	None	high	107,171
Waverley E07000216	None	high	134,284
Wealden E07000065	None	high	166,908
Welwyn Hatfield E07000241	None	high	122,819
West Berkshire E06000037	None	high	165,112
West Devon E07000047	None	high	58,923
West Dunbartonshire S12000039	None	high	89,120
West Lancashire E07000127	None	high	121,995
West Lindsey E07000142	None	high	99,208
West Lothian S12000040	None	high	186,440
West Northamptonshire E06000062	Additional only	high	439,811
West Oxfordshire E07000181	None	high	120,941
West Suffolk E07000245	None	high	188,485
Westminster E09000033	Selective + additional	high	209,996
Westmorland and Furness E06000064	None	high	230,185
Wigan E08000010	None	high	344,922
Wiltshire E06000054	None	high	523,700
Winchester E07000094	None	high	135,632
Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040	None	high	158,943
Wirral E08000015	Selective only	high	328,873
Woking E07000217	Additional only	high	105,679
Wokingham E06000041	None	high	187,200
Wolverhampton E08000031	None	high	281,251
Worcester E07000237	Additional only	high	106,671
Worthing E07000229	None	high	113,866
Wrexham W06000006	Additional only	high	138,245
Wychavon E07000238	None	high	138,017
Wyre E07000128	None	high	118,743
Wyre Forest E07000239	None	high	103,913
York E06000014	Additional only	high	209,301

How to read the map

The colours show council-level local licensing coverage. Mandatory HMO licensing is national, so it is not painted as a local scheme. Always run a postcode check before relying on the result for a specific property.

Common questions

What does coverage mean here?: A council is reviewed when Property Licence has checked council sources and stored a canonical licensing record for that authority.
Does the map prove a property needs a licence?: No. The map shows council-level scheme coverage. A postcode or property can still need a detailed check against scheme boundaries, property type and occupation.
Why are some councils not reviewed yet?: Those councils are on the list of UK local authorities, but we have not finished reviewing their licensing pages yet. Mandatory HMO licensing still applies nationally.
Where does the boundary data come from?: Council boundaries and population figures come from ONS local authority district data.