🔴 IS LIVE NOW
Three-ward selective licensing (2024); runs 2024-05-20 to 2029-05-19; coverage: partial; fee: £850 (Full licence)
Designated areas: Finsbury Park, Tollington, Hillrise. 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.londonpropertylicensing.co.uk/islington
🕓 PROPOSED
Seven-ward expansion (approved, launch date unconfirmed); coverage: partial. Approved 23 Oct 2025; launch date not announced at research date. Sourced from londonpropertylicensing.co.uk borough page this pass; not verified on the council's own domain.
🔴 IS LIVE NOW
Borough-wide additional licensing (2026 renewal); runs 2026-02-01 to 2031-01-31; coverage: borough-wide; fee: £900 (Application fee), £100 (Per letting)
Medium confidence — sourced from a licensing data aggregator, not independently re-verified on the council's own domain this pass. Sources: https://www.londonpropertylicensing.co.uk/islington
This scheme is already live — an unlicensed property in a designated area is an offence now, not later.
London Borough of Islington'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 Islington: £850–£900 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 Islington's own licensing rules — every England landlord is on the hook for these:
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