East Riding of Yorkshire: mandatory HMO licensing and Goole planning control
East Riding publishes a mandatory HMO licensing service and a public register. The national five-person, two-household threshold is the confirmed baseline, while local fees, exemptions, inspection details and the effective date of a new Goole planning direction need checking with the council.
Mandatory HMO licensing
The council's HMO licensing service follows the national large-HMO threshold: five or more people forming more than one household and sharing facilities. East Riding maintains a public register of licensed HMOs. The council's detailed application, exemption and temporary exemption information was not extractable from the current page, so those points are UNVERIFIED - could not confirm on council website.
Fees, inspections and duration
The council page links to application, cost, penalty and temporary exemption information, but the current fee amounts, fee year, local inspection standards and renewal process are UNVERIFIED - could not confirm on council website. GOV.UK gives a maximum national licence period of five years, but that does not confirm the term East Riding will grant for a particular property.
Goole has a separate planning issue
East Riding made a non-immediate Article 4(1) Direction for Goole on 24 April 2026. The council says it removes permitted development rights for C3 dwellinghouses changing to C4 HMOs within the defined area. The consultation ran from 5 May to 16 June 2026, but the effective date and final status after consultation are UNVERIFIED - could not confirm on council website. This is planning control, not an HMO licence.
The current selective licensing scheme, any additional HMO designation and local penalty figures are UNVERIFIED - could not confirm on council website. Contact the HMO licensing team before relying on a register entry, fee figure or planning assumption for a particular address.
Verify current details via East Riding of Yorkshire Council's Licensing for houses in multiple occupation page, HMO public register, private housing landlords page, Article 4 Directions page and Goole consultation notice. Illustrative guide - scheme boundaries and dates change; general information, not legal advice.
Renewal tracked from expiry, reminders from 60 days out, proof of service to tenants logged. Knows the 2-month early-renewal rule that keeps your date fixed.
Five years goes quicker than you think. Kept remembers so you don't have to - including the 28-day duty to give tenants a copy.
Expiry tracked from the certificate details you confirm - band E is the current minimum for most domestic private lets unless exempt, and proposed changes are flagged only when they become law.
30-day protection window tracked from the day the money lands - not the tenancy date - with prescribed information logged.
Check dates and follow-up dates for time-limited permissions, stored against each tenant.
Smoke alarms every storey, CO alarms where required, checked and dated at the start of every tenancy.
A one-off duty for tenancies that existed on 1 May 2026. Who was served, when, and how - the £7,000 question, answered with a dated record.
Preparation and export support for the future official registration process - clearly marked as planned.
Selective licensing (ordinary lets): UNVERIFIED - could not confirm on council website. See the local picture above - every other duty applies exactly as it does nationwide.
Add a postcode and Kept resolves the council, location and local context automatically.
Planned preparation and export support for the government's regional PRS Database rollout.