Selective licensing
Selective licensing applies to privately rented properties that are not HMOs and are in the designated areas.
To check whether any property licensing schemes apply to a property please use the property licensing postcode checker or property licensing map checker.
You need a selective licence for all privately rented properties in the following areas (pre May 2022 ward boundaries):
- Acton Central
- Dormers Wells
- East Acton
- Greenford Broadway
- Greenford Green
- Hanger Hill
- Hobbayne
- Lady Margaret
- North Greenford
- Northolt Mandeville
- Northolt West End
- Perivale
- South Acton
- Southall Broadway
- Southall Green.
We have published answers to over a hundred frequently asked questions about selective licensing.
There is also a video on how to make a property licensing application to the council.