Landlord licensing and compliance in Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire County Council's responsibilities information assigns housing to district councils and planning to counties and districts. The county council is therefore not a substitute for the local housing authority when checking HMO licensing, fees or enforcement. The rules for a property depend on its district or city council.
Identify the correct council first
Gloucestershire County Council's published responsibilities table assigns housing to district councils and planning to county and district authorities. It does not provide a county-wide HMO licensing scheme or fee schedule. Check the city, borough or district where the property is located for its mandatory, additional and selective licensing position, licence term, fees and enforcement policy.
Planning checks are property-specific
The county-level responsibilities information does not establish whether a particular property is affected by an HMO-related Article 4 Direction or needs planning permission. Contact the relevant district or city planning service with the exact address before changing use. For Gloucester City addresses, consult Gloucester City Council's local licensing and planning information; do not assume it applies elsewhere in the county.
Sources: Gloucestershire County Council functions and responsibilities and district-council directory. These sources describe authority responsibilities rather than property-level licensing schemes. 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 - check the responsible district or city council. 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.