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Selective licensing phase 1 (2025); runs 2025-06-01 to 2030-05-30; coverage: partial; fee: £850 (Full licence)
Designated areas: Parts of: Birtley, Bridges, Chopwell and Rowlands Gill, Crawcrook and Greenside, High Fell, Lobley Hill and Bensham, Saltwell. Partial-coverage schemes only apply on specific streets — check the council's own boundary map for your exact address.
Medium confidence — sourced from a licensing data aggregator, not independently re-verified on the council's own domain this pass. Sources: https://www.kammadata.com/uk-property-guide/property-licensing-guide-for-gateshead/
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Selective licensing phase 2 (2025); runs 2025-10-01 to 2030-09-30; coverage: partial; fee: £850 (Full licence)
Designated areas: Parts of: Bridges, Deckham, Dunston Hill and Whickham East, Dunston and Teams, Felling, Lobley Hill and Bensham, Saltwell, Whickham North. Partial-coverage schemes only apply on specific streets — check the council's own boundary map for your exact address.
Medium confidence — sourced from a licensing data aggregator, not independently re-verified on the council's own domain this pass. Sources: https://www.kammadata.com/uk-property-guide/property-licensing-guide-for-gateshead/
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Additional licensing (12 wards, 2025); runs 2025-06-01 to 2030-05-31; coverage: partial; fee: £976.3 (Full licence)
Designated areas: Birtley, Bridges, Chopwell and Rowlands Gill, Crawcrook and Greenside, Deckham, Dunston Hill and Whickham East, Dunston and Teams, Felling, High Fell, Lobley Hill and Bensham, Saltwell, Whickham North. Partial-coverage schemes only apply on specific streets — check the council's own boundary map for your exact address.
Medium confidence — sourced from a licensing data aggregator, not independently re-verified on the council's own domain this pass. Sources: https://www.kammadata.com/uk-property-guide/property-licensing-guide-for-gateshead/
This scheme is already live — an unlicensed property in a designated area is an offence now, not later.
Gateshead Council'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 Gateshead Council: £850–£976 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 Gateshead Council's own licensing rules — every England landlord is on the hook for these:
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