Selective Licensing

The Netherfield ward has been designated as a Selective Licensing area, commencing on the 5^th January 2025. Further information on the scheme, known as Phase 1a, can be found below. We are now accepting application for the Phase 1a designation. To make an application click the ‘Apply Now’ button below.”

  

Gedling Borough Council has five prescribed areas within its borough that are subject to Selective Licensing. All privately rented homes within these designated areas will require a licence from Gedling Borough Council. Landlords and agents operating privately rented properties in these areas should apply for a licence to avoid enforcement action for failure to licence a property. The prescribed areas covered are located in the following wards:

Phase 2: Designation runs from 1 November 2022 to 31 October 2027 covering the following four areas:

• Carlton Hill,
• Colwick
• Daybrook
• Newstead Village

Phase 1a: Designation runs from 5^th January 2025 to 4^th January 2030 covering the following area:

• The entire Netherfield Ward

For a detailed view of exactly which prescribed areas are covered by the above mentioned scheme please view our interactive map where all four areas are identified by a blue boarder.

For people applying in Netherfield under Phase 1a, we are accepting applications but licenses cannot be issued until the designation comes into force on the 5^th January 2025.

Apply for a Selective Licence

Please note that the process for applying for a licence under Phase 1a if you already had a licence under Phase 1 is not a renewal. A new application will be required and the information will need to be entered in full on the form. If the new application meets the re-licence discounted fee criteria and/or the accreditation discount criteria, the discount will be applied to the Part 2 fee which will be invoiced when the council is at the point of issuing the draft licence.

 What you will need in order to make a selective licence application:

• Our Online application guide
• A copy of a valid gas safety certificate if the property you are applying for has a gas supply
• A fixed electrical installation test certificate (EICR) dated within the last five years
• If there is more than one party involved in the management (i.e. a licence holder and manager or multiple licence holders) you will require our Fit and Proper Persons Form
• A credit or debit card
• 45 minutes per property you are applying to licence

Apply now 〉

If you have already started and saved an application, you will need to log back in to the system to contine.

Stay informed about selective licensing

If you would like to be kept updated on all issues relating to selective licensing within Gedling please email the team at privatesectorhousing@gedling.gov.uk.

Message to selective licence applicants

If you are a selective licence applicant and have received an email from Idox, our application provider, stating that your application has been deleted please be assured that this only applies to saved drafts and will not affect any applications that have been paid for and submitted to the council.

Licence costs

The licence fee will be collected in two parts. Part one when you apply and part two when the application is processed.

 

Online application and licence fees

Landlord type	Part 1 fee	Part 2 fee	Total
Accredited Landlords	£400	£245	£645
Non Accredited Landlords	£400	£440	£840

 

Relicence Applications

Where an application is submitted within the Netherfield ward for a property that was previously licensed under phase 1.

The discounts are only available if the property management arrangements remain unchanged from the previous licence issued (same proposed licence holders) and where there have been no compliance issues.

Landlord type	Part 1 fee	Part 2 fee	Total
Accredited Landlords	£400	£190	£590
Non Accredited Landlords	£400	£390	£790

 

Paper application and licence fees

Paper based New Licence Applications

Landlord type	Part 1 fee	Part 2 fee	Total
Accredited Landlords	£460	£245	£705
Non Accredited Landlords	£460	£440	£900

Paper based Re-Licence applications

Landlord type	Part 1 fee	Part 2 fee	Total
Accredited Landlords	£460	£190	£650
Non Accredited Landlords	£460	£390	£850

We accept debit and credit card payments online. You can pay by cheque if you apply by a paper form subject to an additional £60 fee.

 

Netherfield Phase 1a Update

Following the council’s Cabinet Meeting held on 5^th of September 2024, the decision has been taken to designate the Netherfield ward as a Selective Licensing area. The scheme will be referred to as ‘Phase 1a’ as the designation covers the exact same geographical area as the original Phase 1 scheme which ran between 2018 and 2023. The new Phase 1a designation will come into force on the 5^th January 2025 and will run until 4^th January 2030. Whilst the designation is in force all privately rented properties within the Netherfield ward are required to be licensed, subject to certain specified exemptions and requirements. 

The council is now accepting applications for dwellings that fall within the Phase 1a area. Please note that any applications submitted before the designation comes into effect on 5^th January 2025 will not be issued until the designation has come into force.

If you would like to be kept informed via our selective licensing mailing list please email the team at privatesectorhousing@gedling.gov.uk

Documents relating to the Phase 1a proposal and further information on the designation can be found below.

 

Paper application

Frequently Asked Questions

Landlord Accreditation

Selective Licensing Phase 1a Support Documentation

Selective Licensing Phase 2 Support Documentation

Licensable properties

The scheme applies to any house* which is let or occupied under a tenancy or licence within the area outlined in blue the interactive map.

*Note - a house is defined by section 99 of the Housing Act 2004 as a building or part of a building consisting of one or more dwellings. A dwelling means a building or part of a building occupied or intended to be occupied as a separate dwelling.

The scheme applies to any house occupied under tenancy or licence unless: 

1. The house is a house in multiple occupation and is required to be licensed under Part 2 of the Act; or
2. The house is subject to a temporary exemption under section 86 of the Act; or
3. The house is subject to a management order under Chapter 1 or 2 of Part 4 of the Act; or
4. The tenancy or licence of the house has been granted by a non-profit registered provider of social housing, a profit-making registered provider of social housing in respect of social housing (within the meaning of Part 2 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008), or a body which is registered as a social landlord under Part 1 of the Housing Act 1996; or
5. The tenancy or licence of the house or a dwelling contained in the house is defined as an exempt tenancy or licence within the meaning of The Selective Licensing of Houses (Specified Exemptions) (England) Order 2006

Notification of properties that should be licensed

We are keen to ensure all properties that should be licensed are. If you have any further details about a property you feel should be licensed please supply us the details using our online form and we will follow up as necessary.