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Selective Licensing Scheme 2026; runs 2026-09-25 to 2031-09-24; coverage: partial; fee: £800 (Selective licence (5-year), total), £480 (Part A on application), £320 (Part B on grant), £544 (One-year selective licence)
Designated areas: Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Fairfield, Norbury and Pollards Hill, Norbury Park, Selhurst, South Croydon, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Waddon (+2 more). Partial-coverage schemes only apply on specific streets — check the council's own boundary map for your exact address.
High confidence — verified on the council's own site. Sources: https://www.croydon.gov.uk/housing/landlords/selective-and-additional-hmo-licensing-schemes-2026/selective-licensing-scheme-2026 · https://www.croydon.gov.uk/housing/landlords/selective-and-additional-hmo-licensing-schemes-2026 · https://www.kammadata.com/news/2026/07/croydon-selective-licensing-guide-2026/
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Additional (HMO) Licensing Scheme 2026; runs 2026-09-25 to 2031-09-24; coverage: borough-wide; fee: £1250 (Additional HMO licence per property)
High confidence — verified on the council's own site. Sources: https://www.croydon.gov.uk/housing/landlords/selective-and-additional-hmo-licensing-schemes-2026
Applications open 25 September 2026.
London Borough of Croydon's selective scheme only covers designated wards, not the whole authority — so the first question is whether your specific address is actually in one. We check that against ONS ward data for your postcode, not a guess from the council name.
Our Licence Application Pack works out exactly which scheme covers your specific address, the real fee breakdown and discounts you can claim, every document the council's own form asks for, and the submission link and deadline — delivered as one dated, ready-to-submit pack.
Licence fees in London Borough of Croydon: £800–£1,250 per property, paid to the council on top of any help you get preparing the application.
£149 one-off. The NRLA, the UK's largest landlord association, resells done-for-you licence application handling through a partner at £295–£425 + VAT per application.
Check if you need a licence — free →The free check tells you whether a licence is required at all. We only sell you a pack if one genuinely is. We prepare the application — you submit it to the council yourself.
These apply regardless of London Borough of Croydon's own licensing rules — every England landlord is on the hook for these:
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