Licence Fees
Licence fees are paid in two parts:
• Part A: Paid when you submit your application. This covers the cost of processing and reviewing your application. This fee is non-refundable, even if your application is not successful.
• Part B: Paid after the Council decides to grant a licence. This covers the ongoing administration, management, and enforcement of the licence.
Applications submitted after the scheme comes into force must pay the higher licence fee.
Please note: We cannot accept your application as valid if it is submitted without payment, or if any information is missing or incorrect.
| Fee Type | Part 1 | Part 2 | Total |
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| Standard Fee | £236.98 | £797.92 | £1034.90 |
| Higher Rate * (operating unlicensed >12 weeks) | £236.98 | £1530.42 | £1767.40 |
| Surcharge for Paper Application - New Application | N/A | N/A | £500 |
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* Higher Rate Fee If you’ve been renting out a property for more than 12 weeks without registering with Thurrock for a licence, you’ll be charged the higher application fee by default. However, if you can show that the property only became licensable within the last 12 weeks before you applied, you may qualify for the lower fee instead. To prove this, you’ll need to provide supporting evidence, such as:
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Property Licensing Document Audits
The Council uses property licensing to make sure that privately rented homes are well managed. Many landlords already manage their properties responsibly.
The goals of licensing are to ensure that:
• Anti-social behaviour is dealt with properly
• Tenants’ health, safety, and wellbeing are protected
• Landlords are fit and proper persons, or employ agents who are
• There are effective arrangements for managing the property and tenancy
• Homes are suitable for the number of people living in them
• All landlords and managing agents meet the same minimum professional standards
To make sure these standards are being met during the licence period, some landlords may be selected for a document audit.
Documents and information that may be requested include:
• Written Statement of Terms of Occupancy
• Gas Safety Certificate
• Fire alarm and emergency lighting test certificates, including battery-powered smoke and carbon monoxide alarms
• Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR)
• Electrical appliance test certificates
• Property inspection records
• Tenancy Deposit Scheme paperwork
• Tenancy management arrangements
• Copies of references for occupants
• Names and details of current occupants
We expect all documents and information to be present or a statement from you that a particular document/information either doesn’t exist or is not applicable, details should be given of the reason why this has not been returned (e.g. the lack of a gas safety certificate for a property with no gas supply).
Please note that even if there is a managing agent involved in the running of the property, who is not the licence holder, the licence holder remains legally responsible for complying with the conditions of the licence.