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Is my rented home licensed? Lambeth

Which property licensing schemes run in Lambeth, 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 Lambeth

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, 9 Dec 2021 to 8 Dec 2026. Smaller HMOs (for example 3 or 4 sharers) need a licence here too.

Borough-wide; expires 8 Dec 2026 and no renewal had been published when checked.

Selective licensing In force

Covers Knight's Hill, Streatham Common & Vale, Streatham Hill East, Streatham St Leonard's wards, 2 Sep 2024 to 1 Sep 2029. Every privately rented home in the area needs a licence, shared or not.

Phase 1 of Lambeth's scheme; only Vauxhall and Waterloo & South Bank are outside it.

Selective licensing In force

Covers Brixton Acre Lane, Brixton North, Brixton Rush Common, Brixton Windrush, Clapham Common & Abbeville, Clapham East, Clapham Park, Clapham Town, Gipsy Hill, Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction, Kennington, Myatt's Fields, Oval, St Martin's, Stockwell East, Stockwell West & Larkhall, Streatham Hill West & Thornton, Streatham Wells, West Dulwich wards, 1 Sep 2025 to 31 Aug 2030. Every privately rented home in the area needs a licence, shared or not.

Phase 2 of Lambeth's scheme; only Vauxhall and Waterloo & South Bank are outside it.

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

5,545 licences on Lambeth'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

Additional HMO licensing across the whole of Lambeth ends on 8 Dec 2026. Borough-wide; expires 8 Dec 2026 and no renewal had been published when checked.

44 of the 5,545 licences on the register expire by 20 Jan 2027 (copy of 17 Oct 2026).

What the tribunal decided in Lambeth

51 rent repayment order decisions in Lambeth: 75% of the 51 with a known outcome ended in an order; typical amount ordered per tenant £3,609 (median, n=38).

53 rent increase decisions in Lambeth: 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.

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