HMO licence Manchester: HMO Licence Fee Index
The median published figure in the HMO Licence Fee Index is 1,227 GBP across 12 sources' own pages (range 708 to 1,886 GBP), read 12 October 2026.
- 3708 to 904
- 1904 to 1,101
- 21,101 to 1,297
- 31,297 to 1,493
- 21,493 to 1,690
- 11,690 to 1,886
Bands
| Bucket | Value |
|---|---|
| 708 to 904 | 3 figures |
| 904 to 1,101 | 1 figure |
| 1,101 to 1,297 | 2 figures |
| 1,297 to 1,493 | 3 figures |
| 1,493 to 1,690 | 2 figures |
| 1,690 to 1,886 | 1 figure |
12 of the 43 named sources read in full publish a figure; 31 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
The median is down 3.50 GBP since 26 September 2026 (was 1,230.50 GBP across 10).
Every figure, with its source
One row per published figure: the figure as the source's own page publishes it, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.
| Source | Figure | Read |
|---|---|---|
| Bristol City Council mandatory HMO licence fee | 1,886GBP | 2026-10-12 |
| Bradford Council HMO licence fees 2025-2026 | 1,625.05GBP | 2026-10-12 |
| Westminster City Council HMO licence fees and guidance | 1,540GBP | 2026-10-12 |
| Derby City Council HMO application fees | 1,368GBP | 2026-10-12 |
| Liverpool City Council apply for or renew an HMO licence | 1,328GBP | 2026-10-12 |
| Manchester City Council HMO fees | 1,321GBP | 2026-10-12 |
| Cambridge City Council licensing of HMOs | 1,133GBP | 2026-10-12 |
| Coventry City Council HMO licensing policy | 1,116GBP | 2026-10-12 |
| Southampton City Council HMO licence fees | 953GBP | 2026-10-12 |
| South Cambridgeshire District Council HMO licence fees | 895GBP | 2026-10-12 |
| Cherwell District Council housing standards fees and charges 2026-27 | 830GBP | 2026-10-12 |
| Bassetlaw District Council HMO licence fees | 708GBP | 2026-10-12 |
The sentence each figure was read from (12)
- Bristol City Council mandatory HMO licence fee, read 2026-10-12:
The fee for a new licence is £1,886.
- Bradford Council HMO licence fees 2025-2026, read 2026-10-12:
Proposed number of occupants on licence Full cost Initial fee to be submitted with application Licence application for 5 to 7 occupiers £1,625.05 £585.01
- Westminster City Council HMO licence fees and guidance, read 2026-10-12:
Total: £1540
- Derby City Council HMO application fees, read 2026-10-12:
The total fee for a new licence for a licensable HMO with up to 6 bedrooms is £1,368.
- Liverpool City Council apply for or renew an HMO licence, read 2026-10-12:
All fees are for new licences and renewals for up to 5 years: Up to 5 units of accommodation: £1328
- Manchester City Council HMO fees, read 2026-10-12:
No of Occupants Admin Fee Grant Fee Total Fee 5 £865 £456 £1,321
- Cambridge City Council licensing of HMOs, read 2026-10-12:
The HMO mandatory licence fee is £1,133.
- Coventry City Council HMO licensing policy, read 2026-10-12:
Total fee NA £1,116
- Southampton City Council HMO licence fees, read 2026-10-12:
Standard fee for timely & compliant applications £300 £653 £953
- South Cambridgeshire District Council HMO licence fees, read 2026-10-12:
The application fee for a 5-year licence for 2026/2027 is £895 for up to 5 bedrooms, any additional bedrooms are priced at £36 per room.
- Cherwell District Council housing standards fees and charges 2026-27, read 2026-10-12:
B Standard new application - where the HMO was acquired or became licensable within 6 weeks, or change of existing licence holder £500 £330 £830
- Bassetlaw District Council HMO licence fees, read 2026-10-12:
HMO licence fees HMO Registration/Application = £708
Read in full, publishes no figure
31 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.
- Manchester City Council selective licensing fees, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Liverpool City Council houses in multiple occupancy, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Coventry City Council additional licensing scheme 2025, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Bristol City Council additional HMO and selective licence fees, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Hull City Council HMO licence cost, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Oxford City Council HMO licence fees and charges, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Belfast City Council applying for an HMO licence, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Walsall Council HMO licensing fees and other charges, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Croydon Council apply for a mandatory HMO licence, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea HMO licence fees, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Portsmouth City Council HMO mandatory licensing fees, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Arun District Council HMO fees and charges, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- London Borough of Harrow HMO licence fees, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council HMO licence fees, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Cheshire West and Chester Council HMO licence fees, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Newcastle City Council property licensing fees and discounts, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Newham Council selective licensing, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Newham Council additional and mandatory HMO licensing, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Birmingham City Council apply for an HMO licence, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Sheffield City Council apply for an HMO licence, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Sheffield City Council houses in multiple occupation, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Leicester City Council houses in multiple occupation, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Leicester City Council selective licensing, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Nottingham City Council mandatory licensing for HMOs, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Leeds City Council fees and charges, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Enfield Council houses in multiple occupation, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Warwick District Council HMO licence fees from 1 January 2026, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Rent Smart Wales landlord and agent licensing, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- GOV.UK find an HMO licence by council, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Bristol City Council register of licensed properties, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- The Independent Landlord licensing fee guide, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
Methodology
Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).
12 of the 43 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 31 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 0 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.
The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in GBP (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 189 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.
The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): the median, minimum and maximum total HMO licence fee across every licensing authority that publishes one, normalised to a comparable unit (a five-bedroom mandatory licence over a five-year term) because councils publish per-property, per-room, per-occupant and per-year; the stage-1/stage-2 split each council uses since Gaskin v Richmond; the discount schedule (accreditation, early renewal, online application); the share of authorities publishing a fee at all versus quoting on application; and repriced-since the previous read, which is the news every April
189 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.
Sources (43)
- Manchester City Council HMO fees(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Manchester City Council selective licensing fees(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Liverpool City Council apply for or renew an HMO licence(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Liverpool City Council houses in multiple occupancy(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Coventry City Council HMO licensing policy(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Coventry City Council additional licensing scheme 2025(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Bristol City Council mandatory HMO licence fee(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Bristol City Council additional HMO and selective licence fees(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Southampton City Council HMO licence fees(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Hull City Council HMO licence cost(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Bradford Council HMO licence fees 2025-2026(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Oxford City Council HMO licence fees and charges(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Cambridge City Council licensing of HMOs(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- South Cambridgeshire District Council HMO licence fees(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Belfast City Council applying for an HMO licence(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Walsall Council HMO licensing fees and other charges(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Bassetlaw District Council HMO licence fees(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Croydon Council apply for a mandatory HMO licence(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea HMO licence fees(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Westminster City Council HMO licence fees and guidance(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Portsmouth City Council HMO mandatory licensing fees(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Cherwell District Council housing standards fees and charges 2026-27(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Arun District Council HMO fees and charges(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- London Borough of Harrow HMO licence fees(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council HMO licence fees(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Cheshire West and Chester Council HMO licence fees(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Derby City Council HMO application fees(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Newcastle City Council property licensing fees and discounts(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Newham Council selective licensing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Newham Council additional and mandatory HMO licensing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Birmingham City Council apply for an HMO licence(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Sheffield City Council apply for an HMO licence(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Sheffield City Council houses in multiple occupation(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Leicester City Council houses in multiple occupation(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Leicester City Council selective licensing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Nottingham City Council mandatory licensing for HMOs(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Leeds City Council fees and charges(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Enfield Council houses in multiple occupation(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Warwick District Council HMO licence fees from 1 January 2026(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Rent Smart Wales landlord and agent licensing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- GOV.UK find an HMO licence by council(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Bristol City Council register of licensed properties(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- The Independent Landlord licensing fee guide(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
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The median published figure in the HMO Licence Fee Index is 1,227 GBP across 12 sources' own pages (range 708 to 1,886 GBP), read 12 October 2026.
12 of the 43 named sources read in full publish a figure; 31 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
The median is down 3.50 GBP since 26 September 2026 (was 1,230.50 GBP across 10).
Cite as: "hmolicencechecker.co.uk HMO Licence Fee Index", updated 2026-10-22, https://hmolicencechecker.co.uk/datasets/hmo-licence-fee-index/.
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What does an HMO licence cost, council by council, and how does my council compare with the one next door?
The median published figure in the HMO Licence Fee Index is 1,227 GBP across 12 sources' own pages (range 708 to 1,886 GBP), read 12 October 2026.
Where do the figures in the HMO Licence Fee Index come from?
Every figure is quoted from its source's own page and dated (last read 12 Oct 2026). 43 named sources were read and 12 publish a figure; the 31 that publish none are recorded as not published, never estimated.