Consultation
Camden Additional Licensing Consultation – 27 January to 8 April 2025
Date: Monday 27 January to 8 April 2025
About: Camden Council has launched a consultation on plans to renew their additional licensing scheme.
In Camden, Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) need to be licensed if they are occupied by five or more people and fall within the mandatory HMO licensing scheme.
Most smaller HMOs need to be licensed under the council’s additional licensing scheme that applies borough wide.
The council are consulting on a proposed new additional licensing scheme, as summarised below.
Before making a decision, the council wants to hear from tenants, landlords, managing agents, residents, business owners, community organisations and anyone else who may be affected by the proposed schemes.
Proposed additional licensing scheme
Camden Council are proposing a new borough wide additional licensing scheme to be implemented when the current scheme ends on 8 December 2025.
The scheme would extend licensing to most HMOs that fall outside the remit of mandatory HMO licensing. This will include HMOs occupied by three or four people and multi-occupied flats in purpose built blocks of flats where the block comprises three or more flats.
The council are proposing to include section 257 HMOs within the scheme. These are properties that have been converted into flats where less than two thirds of the flats are owner occupied and the conversion into flats does not comply with the relevant building regulations. The council are proposing to restrict the licensing of such properties to situations where less than half the flats are owner occupied.
You can find out more information about the business case for the new licensing scheme, and what the scheme entails, on the council’s website.
Drop-in sessions
Camden Council are holding a series of drop-in sessions at Camden libraries starting from 4 February. These sessions are open anyone who wants to raise specific queries or wants help completing the consultation survey.
Tuesday 4 February 10:30am to 12:30pm
Pancras Square Library, 5 Pancras Square, N1C 4AG
Thursday 13 February 2pm to 4pm
Swiss Cottage Library, 88 Avenue Road, NW3 3HA
Tuesday 4 March 12pm to 2pm
Kentish Town Library, 262- 266 Kentish Town Road, NW5 2AA
Thursday 20 March 4pm to 6pm
Camden Town Library, 218 Eversholt Street, NW1 1BD
Tuesday 1 April 11:30am to 1:30pm
Queens Crescent Library, 165 Queen’s Crescent, NW5 4HH
Share your views
Once you have studied the proposals, you can complete the proposed property licensing scheme questionnaire on the council’s website.
Help with completing the survey
If you are a tenant or resident you can contact Camden Federation of Private Tenants by emailing admin@cfpt.org.uk.
If you are a landlord you can contact the council’s HMO licensing team on 020 7974 5969 from Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, or via email to hmoconsultation@camden.gov.uk.
The consultation closes at midnight on Tuesday 8 April 2025.
The London Property Licensing free guide containing more information about the current property licensing schemes in Camden is available here.