Landlord licensing and compliance in Herefordshire
Herefordshire Council's licensing and housing pages did not expose usable content during this check. That does not show that local licensing schemes are absent. Confirm the current position, fees and planning controls directly with the council before letting or renewing a licence.
Confirm local requirements before letting
The official council routes checked for licensing, housing, search and the directory returned cookie-setting shells or inaccessible content. The council's sitemap could not be extracted, and an older directory route returned 404. These access problems do not establish that Herefordshire has no selective or additional licensing scheme, local fee schedule or HMO register.
National HMO rules still apply
The national mandatory scheme generally covers large HMOs occupied by five or more people from more than one household who share facilities. The local application process, licence term, conditions, register access and current fees could not be confirmed. Ask Herefordshire Council for the current requirements for the property address.
Sources: Herefordshire Council official website, licensing and housing routes, and robots.txt. The pages returned HTTP 200 but exposed cookie-setting shells rather than usable licensing content; the council sitemap could not be extracted. Local schemes, fees, register, licence term and planning controls are UNVERIFIED - could not confirm on council website. 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.