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Six new selective licensing schemes in one London Borough

Monday, April 20th, 2026 - Harrow Council

London Property Licensing has learnt that six new selective licensing schemes will be introduced in the London Borough of Harrow over the next four months.

Selective licensing consultation Summer 2025

It follows a selective licensing consultation undertaken by Harrow Council in Summer 2025. We understand the public consultation ran for 10 weeks although London Property Licensing were not informed so we were unable to notify the thousands of followers who rely on our timely licensing updates.

The consultation attracted 74 responses from residents and 31 responses from landlords and agents, with just over half (57%) of respondents expressing support for licensing private rented homes in Harrow.

Cabinet Meeting approves new schemes

A report presented to Harrow Council’s Cabinet meeting in December 2025 approved six new selective licensing areas to be rolled out during 2026.

All six designations were made on 2 February 2026, but with a staged implementation timeline over several months:

The current selective licensing scheme covering the Edgeware council ward ends on 27 April 2026. A replacement five year scheme starts on 2 May 2026.

A new selective licensing scheme covering the Roxeth council ward starts on 2 May 2026.

A new selective licensing scheme covering the Greenhill council ward starts on 6 July 2026.

A new selective licensing scheme covering the Marlborough council ward starts on 6 July 2026.

The current selective licensing scheme covering the Wealdstone ward ends on 1 September 2026. New selective licensing schemes covering the Wealdstone North and Wealdstone South council wards start on 1 September 2026. We do not know how the new and old ward boundaries compare.

Whilst there is a selective licensing postcode checker on the council’s website, when we checked on 20 April 2026, it didn’t yet include any of the new schemes.

To date, we have seen no press release or news article on the council’s website to raise awareness of these new schemes.

Richard Tacagni, MD, London Property Licensing commented:

“With the Renters Rights Act 2025 increasing the maximum civil financial penalty for a licensing offence to £40,000, and rent repayment orders being extended to two years, it is vital that councils actively promote new licensing schemes before they come into force.

“The introduction of six new selective licensing schemes over a four month period adds to the complex licensing framework in Harrow. I would urge landlords and lettings agents to study the arrangements carefully to ensure compliance”.

Our free guide containing information about property licensing and HMO planning restrictions in Harrow is available here.