Hammersmith and Fulham
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Landlord licensing in Hammersmith and Fulham
Mandatory HMO licensing applies across England. Hammersmith and Fulham may also operate additional or selective licensing.
- Selective licensing
- In operation. Applies to houses and flats let on any of 24 specified streets, targeting areas with higher levels of anti-social behaviour, rubbish and waste issues, and noise complaints. Fee: £755 — the council's own wording is "For an Additional Selective Licence the fee is £755" — with the same single £80/£50 discount rule, 50/50 fee split and Part 2 refund as additional licensing. 8 of the 24 streets (Baron's Court Road, Blythe Road, Coningham Road, Crookham Road, Greyhound Road, Richmond Way, Sinclair Road and Wandsworth Bridge Road) were added to the scheme most recently. The statutory designation notice confirms the same dates as the additional scheme: made 6 December 2021, in force 5 June 2022, ceasing 4 June 2027.Coverage: 24 streets: Askew Road, Baron's Court Road, Bloemfontein Road, Blythe Road, Coningham Road, Crookham Road, Dalling Road, Dawes Road, Fulham Road, Goldhawk Road, Greyhound Road, King Street, Lime Grove, New King's Road, North End Road, Richmond Way, Scrubs Lane, Shepherd's Bush Road, Sinclair Road, Talgarth Road, Uxbridge Road, Wandsworth Bridge Road, Wood Lane, Woodstock GroveDesignated: Made 6 December 2021; in force from 5 June 2022; ceases to have effect 4 June 2027.
- Additional HMO licensing
- In operation. Applies where a property is let to 3 or 4 people from 2 or more households who share facilities, and it is their main home with rent paid — covering both houses and flats, including converted flats, purpose-built flats, and section 257 HMOs (buildings converted into self-contained flats that don't meet building regulation standards, where at least a third of the flats are rented). Exempt under Housing Act 2004 Schedule 14: properties managed by a registered social landlord, an education provider or the health service; those occupied by a religious community; and owner-occupied homes with up to two lodgers. Fee: £755, discounted by £80 for membership of an accredited landlord body (National Residential Landlords Association, London Landlord Accreditation Scheme) or £50 for signing the council's landlord rental charter — only one discount applies per licence. The fee splits 50/50 between processing the application and managing and enforcing the scheme; the second half is refundable if an application is processed but the licence is not granted. The council's own page states the renewed scheme is 'effective for 5 years from the 5 June 2022'; the statutory designation notice confirms: made 6 December 2021, in force 5 June 2022, ceasing 4 June 2027.Coverage: Borough-wide.Designated: Made 6 December 2021; in force from 5 June 2022; ceases to have effect 4 June 2027.
Mandatory HMO licensing (5 or more occupants from 2 or more households sharing facilities, as their main home, with rent paid, and not a purpose-built flat in a block of 3 or more purpose-built flats) applies borough-wide, as it does everywhere in England. If 7 or more people live at the property, planning permission for change of use is also required, separately from the licence. Mandatory HMO fee: £1,656 for a 5-bedroom HMO, plus £183 for each additional bedroom, split 25% for processing the application and 75% for managing and enforcing the scheme; additional and selective licences split that fee 50/50 instead. Either way, the enforcement portion (Part 2) is refundable if an application is processed but the licence is not granted. Only one landlord discount can be applied per licence: £80 for membership of an accredited landlord body (National Residential Landlords Association, London Landlord Accreditation Scheme) or £50 for signing up to the council's landlord rental charter as part of the application. The council's online application system currently has a technical fault with its postcode lookup — applicants are told to type their address details in manually rather than search by postcode.
Checked against the council’s own pages on 21 July 2026. Licensing schemes are five-year designations that expire and get redesignated on their own timetables — always confirm on Hammersmith and FulhamCouncil’s licensing pages before applying or paying.
What Hammersmith and Fulham is built of — and what that means for repairs
Hammersmith and Fulham is dominated by 19th-century terraced and semi-detached housing — Victorian and Edwardian brick terraces across Shepherd's Bush, Brook Green, Fulham and Parsons Green, much of it long since subdivided into flats. Alongside this sit substantial post-war council estates (notably around White City and the northern part of the borough) and, more recently, high-density new-build apartment towers along the river and the White City regeneration corridor. Very little of the borough is interwar suburban housing, so the stock is essentially old-and-converted or new-and-managed, with limited middle ground.
Common repair issues in Hammersmith and Fulham
- Solid-wall Victorian construction with no cavity: penetrating and rising damp, cold external walls, and expensive-to-retrofit insulation
- Flat conversions of former single houses: poor sound separation, shared or awkwardly routed soil stacks, and unclear responsibility for roofs and gutters between leaseholders
- Original sash windows and timber joinery needing repair rather than replacement, often within conservation areas where replacement is restricted
- Leaks and escape-of-water between stacked converted flats, a leading cause of insurance claims in subdivided terraces
- Basement and lower-ground-floor flats prone to damp and inadequate ventilation
- Communal heating and dated services in the borough's larger post-war estates
- Old lead or iron incoming water mains and undersized consumer units in un-modernised Victorian houses
Areas we cover in Hammersmith and Fulham
- Shepherd's Bush
- Hammersmith
- Fulham
- Parsons Green
- Brook Green
- White City
- Sands End
- Baron's Court
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Do landlords need a property licence in Hammersmith and Fulham?
Hammersmith and Fulham operates additional HMO licensing borough-wide until 4 June 2027 and selective licensing until 4 June 2027; the exact coverage of selective licensing is set out on our Hammersmith and Fulham page. Mandatory HMO licensing applies across England regardless. Checked against Hammersmith and Fulham Council’s own pages on 21 July 2026 — confirm on the council’s website before applying, as designations expire and are renewed on their own timetables.
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