Enfield has 2 discretionary licensing schemes on our record: additional HMO licensing (in force), selective licensing (in force). Mandatory HMO licensing applies everywhere in England to HMOs with 5 or more people in 2 or more households.
Selective: yesAdditional HMO: yesMandatory HMO: alwaysChecked 28 Sep 2026
| Area covered | Whole council area |
|---|---|
| Designation made | 12 Mar 2025 |
| Runs | 1 Sept 2025 to 31 Aug 2030 |
| Fee | £1,450 per property (LPL figure, not council-verified) |
Council licensing page Designation notice
Details read from the council website via a summary tool because the page blocks automated reading. Please confirm on the council page.
Note from our check: enfield.gov.uk 403 to scripts; fee unverified
Checked 28 Sept 2026.
| Area covered | Listed wards only (17 wards) |
|---|---|
| Designation made | 22 Apr 2026 |
| Runs | 1 Sept 2026 to 31 Aug 2031 |
| Fee | £750 (Part A £450 + Part B £300) per property |
| Discounts | £50 off Part 2 accredited; £100 off Part 2 EPC C+; £100 off Part 1 for 2nd+ contiguous dwellings same block |
Bowes · Brimsdown · Bullsmoor · Carterhatch · Edmonton Green · Enfield Lock · Haselbury · Jubilee · Lower Edmonton · Ponders End · Southbury · Upper Edmonton · Whitewebbs · New Southgate · Palmers Green · Southgate · Town
Ward or street lists can split a road. Use the council's own address checker or designation map before relying on this list.
Council licensing page Designation notice
Details read from the council website via a summary tool because the page blocks automated reading. Please confirm on the council page.
Note from our check: Designation One: Bowes..Whitewebbs (13); Designation Two: New Southgate, Palmers Green, Southgate, Town
Checked 28 Sept 2026.
| Date | What | Scheme | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Aug 2030 estimated (start + 5 years) in 1433 days | scheme end | Additional HMO licensing | council |
| 31 Aug 2031 estimated (start + 5 years) in 1798 days | scheme end | Selective licensing | council |
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Whatever the local schemes, a licence is required for any house in multiple occupation let to 5 or more people forming 2 or more households who share a kitchen, bathroom or toilet. This rule is national and has applied since 1 October 2018. Letting without a required licence is a criminal offence under section 72 of the Housing Act 2004. Read do I need an HMO licence? and how to apply.
We did not find an online public register for Enfield. Every council must keep one (Housing Act 2004, s.232) and make it available for inspection; ask the council's private sector housing team.
Official planning data lists 1 HMO Article 4 area for Enfield. Inside these areas, turning a family house (use class C3) into a small HMO (C4) needs planning permission.
| HMO Article 4 area | In effect from | Document |
|---|---|---|
| Borough wide | — | view |
Licensing and planning are separate. A licence does not give planning permission, and planning permission does not replace a licence. See Article 4 and HMOs.
Figures below count First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) decisions published on GOV.UK for properties located in Enfield. They show how tenants and the council use enforcement here. Most civil penalties are paid without appeal, so they never reach the tribunal.
| Rent repayment order decisions | 9 (8 in the last 3 years) |
|---|---|
| Orders made | 7 (87.5% of decisions with a known outcome) |
| Median award | £4,666 (last 3 years: £4,666) |
| Total awarded | £41,591 |
| Civil penalty appeals | 5 |
| Penalty upheld (in full or reduced) | 75% · confirmed in full 50% |
| Median penalty: council's notice / after tribunal | £32,750 / £22,750 |
| Other Housing Act appeals (licence terms, notices, orders) | 4 |
| Decided | Area | Property | Offence alleged | Outcome | Amount | Decision |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 May 2026 | N9 | HMO | unlicensed HMO; unlicensed (selective licensing) | Order made | £4,666 | GOV.UK |
| 23 Mar 2026 | N18 | House / not stated | unlawful eviction / harassment; violence for securing entry | Order made | £14,400 | GOV.UK |
| 8 Dec 2025 | N18 | HMO | unlicensed (selective licensing) | Order made | £2,957 | GOV.UK |
| 12 May 2025 | EN3 | House / not stated | unlicensed HMO; unlicensed (selective licensing); unlawful eviction / harassment | Order made | £3,468 | GOV.UK |
| 3 Dec 2024 | N18 | HMO | unlicensed HMO; unlicensed (selective licensing); unlawful eviction / harassment; failure to comply with improvement notice; breach of banning order; violence for securing entry | Order made | £8,885 | GOV.UK |
| Decided | Area | Offence | Outcome | Council's penalty | After tribunal | Decision |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Jul 2026 | N9 | unlicensed HMO; HMO management regulations | Penalty varied | £55,500 | £35,500 | GOV.UK |
| 28 Jan 2026 | N9 | not extracted | Penalty confirmed | — | — | GOV.UK |
| 21 Feb 2024 | EN3 | unlicensed HMO; unlicensed (selective licensing) | Penalty cancelled | — | £0 | GOV.UK |
| 26 May 2023 | N9 | unlicensed (selective licensing) | Penalty confirmed | £10,000 | £10,000 | GOV.UK |
| 15 Nov 2022 | N21 | not extracted | See decision | — | — | GOV.UK |
Amounts and outcomes are extracted automatically from the decision text and can be wrong; open the decision on GOV.UK for the full reasons. Party names are not shown. Information, not legal advice.
If you have let without a licence you needed, read unlicensed property: what to do, rent repayment orders and civil penalties.
Enfield is in the London region of the new Private Rented Sector Database. Registration opens 15 Jul 2027 and the deadline to register is 14 Oct 2027. The published fee is £65 per property per year. Database registration is separate from council licensing: you may need both. See register your rental property.
We can prepare a licence application for you for a fixed fee; the council's own fee is separate. See pricing for what is included and how we make money. You can also run a full address check on the postcode checker.
Yes. 2026 scheme (Designations One and Two): in force until 31 Aug 2031 (part of the area). Check the council's map or address checker to confirm your street.
Additional HMO licensing: £1,450 (per property (LPL figure, not council-verified)); Selective licensing: £750 (per property). Fees for mandatory HMO licences are set by the council and published on its fees page.
Official planning data lists 1 HMO Article 4 area for Enfield. Inside these areas, turning a family house (use class C3) into a small HMO (C4) needs planning permission.
The First-tier Tribunal has published 9 rent repayment order decisions for properties in Enfield (7 with an order made), median award £4,666, and 5 civil penalty appeals. Most penalties are never appealed, so the true number of fines is higher.
Related: selective licensing in England · additional HMO licensing · HMO licence cost · HMO rules · HMO hub
Last checked 28 Sep 2026. Information, not legal advice. Licensing schemes change often; always confirm with the council before you act.