South East

HMO licensing in Reigate and Banstead

Reigate and Banstead Borough Council requires a mandatory licence for HMOs occupied by 5 or more people from 2 or more households. No additional or selective licensing scheme is currently in force in Reigate and Banstead (checked September 2026). The council does not publish a single licence fee, so check its fees page.

Mandatory licence

5+ people, 2+ households

National scheme

Additional / selective

None in force

Mandatory licensing only

Licence fee

Not published

Decision time

Not published

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Licensing schemes in Reigate and Banstead

Reigate and Banstead Borough Council operates the national mandatory scheme. We found no additional or selective licensing scheme in force or proposed as of September 2026. Councils can introduce one after a public consultation, so it is worth setting an alert.

Licence fees

Reigate and Banstead Borough Council does not publish a single figure we could confirm. Fees are set by the council and reviewed each year, so check its fees page.

Reigate & Banstead Borough Council's own 'Licensing of HMOs' page states only: 'There is a fee to be paid in respect of the licence application' - it does not publish an actual fee figure, a renewal fee, an accredited-landlord discount, or an instalment option anywhere on its public HMO pages. The council's general 'List of fees and charges' page also states a schedule exists 'following the Council's annual budget report' but no HMO-specific figures were present in the fetched page content, and the council's 'Licence and permit fees' page (which lists dozens of other licence types such as scrap metal dealers and sex establishments) does not include HMO fees either. Because no verifiable primary-source figure could be located, totalGbp/renewalGbp are left null rather than estimated. The only confirmed fee on the council's HMO-related pages is an unrelated £65 charge for a copy/extract of the HMO public register.

Check the current fee on the council website (reigate-banstead.gov.uk) before you apply.

Minimum room sizes

Single bedroom	6.51 m² minimum floor area (national HMO space standard, fallback).
Double bedroom	10.22 m² minimum floor area (national HMO space standard, fallback).
Child under 10	4.64 m² minimum floor area (national HMO space standard, fallback).
Notes	FALLBACK FIGURES - Reigate & Banstead's public HMO pages do not publish bespoke room-size or space-standard figures. The council's 'Licensing of HMOs' page states only that 'the law sets out prescribed licence conditions (legislation.gov.uk) which Reigate & Banstead must include on the licences they issue' and that discretionary conditions may be added, without itemising numeric standards on the public page. Figures above are the national statutory minimums under the Licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation (Mandatory Conditions of Licences) (England) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/616), used as a labelled fallback, not a confirmed bespoke council figure.

National minimums for licensed HMOs are 6.51 m² for one adult and 10.22 m² for two adults; councils can apply higher local standards.

Fire safety requirements

Applicants must submit a BS 5839 test report relating to the fire detection system, if applicable (Reigate & Banstead 'Licensing of HMOs' page).
Applicants must submit a BS 5266 test report relating to the emergency lighting system, if applicable (same source).
Under the Houses in Multiple Occupation Management (England) Regulations 2006, the person managing an HMO must keep the means of escape from fire clear from obstructions and maintain the means of escape, including any provided fire-safety equipment (Reigate & Banstead 'Information for landlords of HMOs' page).
No itemised, council-specific fire-safety specification table (e.g. alarm grades, fire-door ratings by storey) was found published on the council's public HMO pages; licences are issued subject to the nationally prescribed licence conditions under the Housing Act 2004, plus any discretionary conditions the council chooses to add on a case-by-case basis.

Kitchen, bathroom and amenity standards

No itemised kitchen/bathroom amenity ratio table (e.g. baths/showers or toilets per number of sharing occupants) was found published on Reigate & Banstead's public HMO pages. The application requires a floor plan for each storey that must 'show the bathroom and kitchen amenities and the fire precautions that have been installed', which the council uses to assess adequacy against the nationally prescribed licence conditions, but no bespoke numeric ratios are stated on the public-facing pages.

Documents you will need

Plan of the property — A plan for each floor of the property (minimum A4 size per floor); does not need to be professionally drawn to scale but must accurately represent the layout and show bathroom and kitchen amenities and fire precautions installed.
Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR) — Must be dated within 5 years of the application date.
Landlord's Gas Safety Certificate — Required if the property is supplied with gas; must be dated within 1 year of the application (i.e. still valid).
BS 5839 fire detection system test report — Required if the property has a fire detection system.
BS 5266 emergency lighting test report — Required if the property has an emergency lighting system.
Fit and Proper Person declaration — Required for every individual/entity with a legal interest in the property (e.g. freeholder, leaseholder, company director, managing agent, manager) and anyone who has agreed to be bound by the licence conditions; the declaration form must be completed before starting the online application and then uploaded as part of it.

Sources

Compiled from the council’s own published pages and documents; data reviewed September 2026. Rules and fees change, so always confirm with Reigate and Banstead Borough Council before applying. This is general information, not legal advice.