Leicester City Council (Clarendon Park and Stoneygate): landlord licensing 2026

• Mandatory HMO

  £9005-year licence

  For a larger HMO: five or more people in two or more households sharing a kitchen, bathroom or toilet.

  The council’s fee page

• Selective licensing

  £1,2905-year licence

  More than the HMO licence, which catches landlords out. £1,032 with the application and £258 when the licence is issued. It covers ordinary lets and shares of up to four people in parts of Braunstone Park and Rowley Fields, Fosse, Westcotes, Stoneygate and Saffron, and there is a discount if you apply within six months of buying a property in one of those areas.

  The council’s fee page

The Leicester licence fees page explains which licence a property needs and how each fee is paid.

• LE2Clarendon Park, Stoneygate, Knighton, Aylestone, Evington edge

  Wards it touches: Aylestone, Castle, Evington, Eyres Monsell, Glen, Glen Parva, Knighton, Oadby Brocks Hill, Oadby Grange, Oadby St Peter’s, Oadby Uplands, Oadby Woodlands, Saffron, Spinney Hills, Stoneygate, Thorpe Astley & St Mary’s, Thurnby & Houghton, Westcotes, Wigston St Wolstan’s and Wycliffe.

  Part of LE2 lies in Blaby, Harborough and Oadby and Wigston, where Leicester’s schemes do not apply.

• LE3Westcotes, Braunstone Park and Rowley Fields, Braunstone Millfield, Fosse

  Wards it touches: Abbey, Aylestone, Beaumont Leys, Braunstone Millfield, Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields, Braunstone Ravenhurst, Enderby, Fosse, Glenfield Ellis, Glenfield Faire, Groby, Kirby Muxloe, Leicester Forest & Lubbesthorpe, Thorpe Astley & St Mary’s, Westcotes and Western.

  Part of LE3 lies in Blaby and Hinckley and Bosworth, where Leicester’s schemes do not apply.

• LE1City centre, Castle, Wycliffe, Belgrave edge

  Wards it touches: Abbey, Belgrave, Castle, Thorpe Astley & St Mary’s and Wycliffe.

  Part of LE1 lies in Blaby, where Leicester’s schemes do not apply.

• LE5North Evington, Spinney Hills, Humberstone and Hamilton, Thurnby Lodge

  Wards it touches: Castle, Evington, Humberstone & Hamilton, North Evington, South Charnwood, Spinney Hills, Stoneygate, Thorpe Astley & St Mary’s, Thurnby & Houghton, Thurncourt, Troon and Wycliffe.

  Part of LE5 lies in Blaby, Charnwood and Harborough, where Leicester’s schemes do not apply.

Average rent

£1,023per month, all sizes

1-bed / 2-bed

£716 · £892per month

3-bed

£1,045per month

Change in a year

+1.6%to August 2026

For Leicester as a whole, the average private rent of £1,023 a month is £101 more than the East Midlands average of £922, and the 4th highest of the 35 councils in the East Midlands that ONS publishes. Over the year to August 2026 it rose 1.6%, against a rise of 3.7% across the East Midlands.

Every council in England is on the UK rent statistics page, with the national and regional averages.

Section 21 claims

95accelerated possession claims, April to June 2026, up 16% on a year earlier (82)

Rent repayment orders

1made in 2 published decisions since January 2025, £2,767 ordered in all

Rent challenges

5rent increases decided by the tribunal since January 2025, 1 of them since 1 May 2026

Sources: ONS Price Index of Private Rents (released 16 September 2026); Ministry of Justice possession statistics, April to June 2026, by the council of the defendant’s address; residential property tribunal decisions published on GOV.UK, by the council in the case reference. How each was counted: Section 21 claims, rent repayment orders, rent challenges and rents by council.

1. Opens to everyone

   15 December 2026

   Any property can be registered early, wherever it is.

2. Required in East Midlands

   15 February 2027

   The three-month window to register starts.

3. Deadline

   14 May 2027

   After this date the council can take enforcement action.

The fee is £65 a year for each property, pro-rated during the rollout. Miss the deadline and the council can impose a penalty of up to £7,000. While a let that should be registered is not, a court cannot make a possession order for it, except on the antisocial behaviour Grounds 7A and 14 (Renters’ Rights Act 2025, section 90). Dates from the GOV.UK Housing Hub, checked 23 September 2026.

1. 01

   Check the address on the council’s own licensing pages

   It is the only source that is definitive for this borough, and it is the one the council will hold you to.

   Leicester City Council (Clarendon Park and Stoneygate) licensing
2. 02

   Check the property against the national thresholds

   Mandatory HMO licensing is national, not local: five or more occupants forming two or more households need a licence wherever the property is, with no local scheme required.

   Free postcode licensing checker
3. 03

   Get the evidence together before you apply

   Most applications ask for the same documents you already owe the tenant: the gas safety record, the EICR, the EPC, and the fire detection and escape arrangements for an HMO. The council’s list is the one that counts, but nothing on it will be a surprise if those are current.

Each row links to the full duty: what it obliges you to do, what happens when it is missed and the practical way to stay on top of it. Read the national guide.

Civil penalty

Up to £40,000Imposed by the council itself, without a prosecution. Serious or repeated breaches sit at the top of the range.

Rent Repayment Order

Up to 2 years’ rentThe tenant, or the council, applies to the First-tier Tribunal to have rent paid back. It is separate from the penalty above, not instead of it.

Prosecution

Unlimited fineLetting an unlicensed HMO, or breaching a licence condition, is a criminal offence and can be prosecuted rather than penalised.

Reviewed by Erdem Volkan, last checked 15 October 2026. General information about the rules in this area, not advice on a specific property or dispute.