Selective Licensing Fees and Landlord Accreditation Discounts
How much will a selective licence cost?
Standard fee
Application Fee | £178 per property |
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Annual Fee | £95 per property for each of the 5 years the scheme will be in operation |
A standard fee application per property would be £653.
The first annual fee would be due to be paid shortly after a licence application has been approved and the licence issued. The annual fee would be due every 12 months thereafter.
Late fee application
Application Fee | £278 per property |
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Annual Fee | £95 per property for each of the 5 years the scheme will be in operation |
A late fee application per property would be £753.
A late application fee would apply where an application is:
- received more than 28 calendar days after the property becomes licensable (including where reminders have been sent)
- incomplete and has been returned to the applicant and subsequently no completed application is received within a 28 day period from the date the incomplete application was returned
Fee discount proposal
A discount will apply to landlords who are a member of the Council's Landlord Accreditation Scheme, a member of a PLuSS (Private Landlords Supporting Stockton) or a member of a national accreditation scheme (National Residential Landlord Association 'NRLA' or British Landlords Association 'BLA').
The fee discount proposal is:
- a. £50 per property for accredited landlords (members of the Council's Landlord Accreditation Scheme, a member of PLuSS, or those who are members of a national landlord scheme) at the time of the license application, this discount will be applied to the annual fee (on a pro-rata basis)
- b. £75 per property for those who as of 31 May 2024 are either members of the Council's Landlord Accreditation Scheme or a full PLuSS member, this new discount will be applied to the annual fee (on a pro-rata basis)
- c. discount for landlords with 2 or more properties, the £25 discount per property will be applied after the application of property 1, this new discount will be applied to the standard application fee
Please note discount A or B will not be cumulatively applied.
Landlord Accreditation
For more information on the Council's Landlord Accreditation Scheme visit our Accreditation for landlords webpage.
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