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Is your landlord licensed in Barking and Dagenham?
We hold a copy of Barking and Dagenham’s official property licence register, so you can check your address in seconds. If your landlord needed a licence and didn’t have one, the law says they may have to pay back up to 24 months’ rent.
Works for homes you rent now or rented before.
Licensing in Barking and Dagenham
Barking and Dagenham runs schemes beyond the national minimum: additional HMO licensing, in force from 9 January 2025, though we have not yet verified which addresses it covers, so the check returns an unclear answer for this scheme rather than guessing at a boundary; and selective licensing, in force from 6 April 2025 to 5 April 2030, covering the whole district. Where selective licensing applies, an ordinary single-family rental needs a licence too, not only a shared house. National mandatory HMO licensing applies throughout.
We hold a copy of Barking and Dagenham's register, 7,093 licence records, refreshed monthly. The free check looks your address up in it and links you to the council's own published register so you can see the same answer at source.
Not every rented home needs a licence, and the rules depend on who lives there and how. Our free check works it out for your exact situation in about 3 minutes.
What happens if a landlord isn’t licensed?
Renting out a licensable property without a licence is an offence. Tenants can apply to a tribunal for a Rent Repayment Order, reclaiming up to 12 months’ rent, rising to 24 months under the Renters’ Rights Act 2025. A Section 21 eviction notice served while the property was unlicensed may also be invalid.
We check the register, work out whether your home needed a licence, and if you have a case we prepare the full tribunal pack for a flat fee. No percentage of your money, ever.
Start with your postcode. The check is free, takes about 3 minutes, and you’ll see the register result for your address along the way.