Selective licensing schemes
Councils operating selective or additional licensing designations.
- adur
- amber valley
- arun
- ashfield
- ashford
- babergh
- barking and dagenham
- barnet
- barnsley
- basildon
- basingstoke and deane
- bassetlaw
- bath and north east somerset
- bedford
- bexley
- birmingham
- blaby
- blackburn with darwen
- blackpool
- blaenau gwent
- bolsover
- bolton
- boston
- bournemouth christchurch and poole
- bracknell forest
- bradford
- braintree
- breckland
- brent
- brentwood
- bridgend
- brighton and hove
- bristol city of
- broadland
- bromley
- bromsgrove
- broxbourne
- broxtowe
- buckinghamshire
- burnley
- bury
- caerphilly
- calderdale
- cambridge
- camden
- cannock chase
- canterbury
- cardiff
- carmarthenshire
- castle point
- central bedfordshire
- ceredigion
- charnwood
- chelmsford
- cheltenham
- cherwell
- cheshire east
- cheshire west and chester
- chesterfield
- chichester
- chorley
- city of london
- colchester
- conwy
- cornwall
- cotswold
- county durham
- coventry
- crawley
- croydon
- cumberland
- dacorum
- darlington
- dartford
- denbighshire
- derby
- derbyshire dales
- doncaster
- dorset
- dover
- dudley
- ealing
- east cambridgeshire
- east devon
- east hampshire
- east hertfordshire
- east lindsey
- east riding of yorkshire
- east staffordshire
- east suffolk
- eastbourne
- eastleigh
- elmbridge
- enfield
- epping forest
- epsom and ewell
- erewash
- exeter
- fareham
- fenland
- flintshire
- folkestone and hythe
- forest of dean
- fylde
- gateshead
- gedling
- gloucester
- gosport
- gravesham
- great yarmouth
- greenwich
- guildford
- gwynedd
- hackney
- halton
- hammersmith and fulham
- harborough
- haringey
- harlow
- harrow
- hart
- hartlepool
- hastings
- havant
- havering
- herefordshire county of
- hertsmere
- high peak
- hillingdon
- hinckley and bosworth
- horsham
- hounslow
- huntingdonshire
- hyndburn
- ipswich
- isle of anglesey
- isle of wight
- isles of scilly
- islington
- kensington and chelsea
- king s lynn and west norfolk
- kingston upon hull city of
- kingston upon thames
- kirklees
- knowsley
- lambeth
- lancaster
- leeds
- leicester
- lewes
- lewisham
- lichfield
- lincoln
- liverpool
- luton
- maidstone
- maldon
- malvern hills
- manchester
- mansfield
- medway
- melton
- merthyr tydfil
- merton
- mid devon
- mid suffolk
- mid sussex
- middlesbrough
- milton keynes
- mole valley
- monmouthshire
- neath port talbot
- new forest
- newark and sherwood
- newcastle under lyme
- newcastle upon tyne
- newham
- newport
- north devon
- north east derbyshire
- north east lincolnshire
- north hertfordshire
- north kesteven
- north lincolnshire
- north norfolk
- north northamptonshire
- north somerset
- north tyneside
- north warwickshire
- north west leicestershire
- north yorkshire
- northumberland
- norwich
- nottingham
- nuneaton and bedworth
- oadby and wigston
- oldham
- oxford
- pembrokeshire
- pendle
- peterborough
- plymouth
- portsmouth
- powys
- preston
- reading
- redbridge
- redcar and cleveland
- redditch
- reigate and banstead
- rhondda cynon taf
- ribble valley
- richmond upon thames
- rochdale
- rochford
- rossendale
- rother
- rotherham
- rugby
- runnymede
- rushcliffe
- rushmoor
- rutland
- salford
- sandwell
- sefton
- sevenoaks
- sheffield
- shropshire
- slough
- solihull
- somerset
- south cambridgeshire
- south derbyshire
- south gloucestershire
- south hams
- south holland
- south kesteven
- south norfolk
- south oxfordshire
- south ribble
- south staffordshire
- south tyneside
- southampton
- southend on sea
- southwark
- spelthorne
- st albans
- st helens
- stafford
- staffordshire moorlands
- stevenage
- stockport
- stockton on tees
- stoke on trent
- stratford on avon
- stroud
- sunderland
- surrey heath
- sutton
- swale
- swansea
- swindon
- tameside
- tamworth
- tandridge
- teignbridge
- telford and wrekin
- tendring
- test valley
- tewkesbury
- thanet
- three rivers
- thurrock
- tonbridge and malling
- torbay
- torfaen
- torridge
- tower hamlets
- trafford
- tunbridge wells
- uttlesford
- vale of glamorgan
- vale of white horse
- wakefield
- walsall
- waltham forest
- wandsworth
- warrington
- warwick
- watford
- waverley
- wealden
- welwyn hatfield
- west berkshire
- west devon
- west lancashire
- west lindsey
- west northamptonshire
- west oxfordshire
- west suffolk
- westminster
- westmorland and furness
- what selective licensing means for tenants
- wigan
- wiltshire
- winchester
- windsor and maidenhead
- wirral
- woking
- wokingham
- wolverhampton
- worcester
- worthing
- wrexham
- wychavon
- wyre
- wyre forest
- york
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