Landlord licensing and compliance in Hampshire
Hampshire County Council is not one HMO licensing area. Housing licensing is handled by the district or borough authority for the property's location, so schemes, fees, registers and enforcement must be checked locally. A county-level guide cannot establish whether a particular Hampshire property needs a licence.
Find the local housing authority
Hampshire County Council is a county council, not a single HMO licensing authority for the whole county. GOV.UK explains that housing and planning applications are usually handled by district, borough or city councils. Use the property address to identify its district or borough, then check that authority's mandatory, additional and selective licensing schemes, current fees and register.
Do not apply county-wide assumptions
The county council's local-authority directory returned 403 during this check, so a complete district list could not be verified from that page. District-by-district scheme boundaries, fees, licence conditions, Article 4 directions and enforcement figures were UNVERIFIED - could not confirm on council website. This does not mean that local schemes are absent.
Sources: GOV.UK guidance on how local councils work and Hampshire County Council's local-council directory (403). District-level licensing and planning requirements must be checked with the council responsible for the property. 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 borough 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.