Register of Selective Licences

We are required under the Housing Act 2004 to maintain a register of current selective licences, temporary exemptions from selective licensing and interim management orders. This must include certain information, as listed in The Licensing and Management of Houses in Multiple Occupation and Other Houses (Miscellaneous Provisions) (England) Regulations 2006.

The Regulations only permit publication of licences that are in force and so prohibit publication of pending or expired licences. Under Freedom of Information, pending or expired licences are classed as confidential information and so cannot be provided even if a Freedom of Information request is made. As such, the register only shows issued licences, not all properties where an application has been submitted and is still being processed.

You can use our searchable version of the register below. The data is real-time data. However, licences are not published until they are issued and are removed once expired.

To search for a property, you must enter the address in the search box exactly as it will appear in the register. All lines will need to be separated with commas, and Wards should not be included. For example, if the address is 'St Aldate’s Holywell Oxford OX1 1BX' you will need to search 'St Aldate’s, Oxford, OX1 1BX'. If you cannot find a property, try searching for just the street name or postcode as this may return more results.

Please email propertylicensing@oxford.gov.uk if you believe a property requires a licence but is not on the register.

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Open the Selective Licensing register for Oxford at the Microsoft Power BI website.

Oxford City Council does not condone the use of direct marketing undertaken by third parties accessing this information. By doing so, third parties could find themselves in breach of data protection legislation by not gaining consent from the individuals concerned.

If you believe that you have been contacted by a third company using this register for marketing purposes, this should be reported to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).

Get a copy of the full register

Contact us if you'd like a copy of the full register. To receive the information electronically, Oxford City Council only provides this as a PDF to comply with its responsibilities under the Data Protection Act 2018. See Property Licensing (HMO and Selective licensing) privacy notice.

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