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Is my rented home licensed? Birmingham

Which property licensing schemes run in Birmingham, whether the council publishes its register as a file we can check, and what the tribunal has decided for homes there. Enter a postcode to check one address:

Licensing schemes in Birmingham

Mandatory HMO licensing In force everywhere

Applies everywhere in England: a house or flat shared by 5 or more people from 2 or more households needs a licence.

Additional HMO licensing In force

Covers the whole council area, 5 Jun 2023 to 4 Jun 2028. Smaller HMOs (for example 3 or 4 sharers) need a licence here too.

Citywide.

Selective licensing In force

Covers 25 of 69 wards, 5 Jun 2023 to 4 Jun 2028. Every privately rented home in the area needs a licence, shared or not.

Scheme details were checked on 17 Oct 2026 from the council's own pages. Schemes start, end and get renewed; the council's page is the current word.

The council's register

4,100 licences on Birmingham's published register, covering shared houses (HMOs) only, which the licence checker can look up by address.

Licence holders and managers are named on the council's register; they are never shown here. A licence on the register says one was granted; it doesn't say whether one was needed or held for an earlier period, and an application may be pending, which the register doesn't show.

Ending soon

None of the additional or selective schemes we hold for Birmingham ends in the next six months.

0 of the 4,100 licences on the register expire by 20 Jan 2027 (copy of 17 Oct 2026).

What the tribunal decided in Birmingham

59 rent repayment order decisions in Birmingham: 86% of the 49 with a known outcome ended in an order; typical amount ordered per tenant £2,819 (median, n=40).

166 rent increase decisions in Birmingham: what the tribunal decided when tenants challenged a Section 13 notice.

Past decisions are not a prediction. The tribunal decides each case on its facts.

Next

Check an addressWhich schemes cover a postcode in Birmingham, and whether the address is on the register we hold. Rent repayment order packThe licence position, the most the tribunal could order, comparable orders nearby and how to apply, as one PDF. Ask Birmingham what its register showsA letter template to the council's private sector housing team. Birmingham's register pageThe council's own search or file. Shelter on HMO licensingShelter's guide for tenants. GOV.UK on rent repayment ordersThe official guidance, the form and the fees.

This is public data about schemes and registers, not a finding about any home. Whether a licence was needed, and whether one was held, is for the council and, in a dispute, the tribunal. Contains public sector information from Birmingham's published pages and register.