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Is my rented home licensed? Kingston upon Thames

Which property licensing schemes run in Kingston upon Thames, 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 Kingston upon Thames

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.

No additional or selective licensing scheme was in force in Kingston upon Thames when we last checked (17 Oct 2026). Only mandatory HMO licensing applies.

Scheme details were checked on 17 Oct 2026 from the council's own pages; whether a part-borough scheme covers a particular postcode comes from the Greater London Authority's licence-area map when you check an address. Schemes start, end and get renewed; the council's page is the current word.

The council's register

447 licences on Kingston upon Thames's published register, covering shared houses (HMOs) only, which the licence checker can look up by address.

hmo (mandatory); quarterly PDF, no names: copy of 17 Oct 2026.

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 Kingston upon Thames ends in the next six months.

21 of the 447 licences on the register expire by 20 Jan 2027 (copy of 17 Oct 2026); 33 have no expiry date on the register.

What the tribunal decided in Kingston upon Thames

5 rent repayment order decisions in Kingston upon Thames; too few with a known outcome to give a rate.

6 rent increase decisions in Kingston upon Thames: 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.

Check an addressWhich schemes cover a postcode in Kingston upon Thames, 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 Kingston upon Thames what its register showsA letter template to the council's private sector housing team. Kingston upon Thames'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 Kingston upon Thames's published pages and register.