Landlord licensing in Monmouthshire Council

Licensing at a glance

HMO licensing

Mandatory HMO licensing applies to larger shared houses, and every landlord and agent must also register (and be licensed to self-manage) with Rent Smart Wales.

Additional licensing

Additional licensing can extend licensing to smaller HMOs in designated areas, on top of Rent Smart Wales duties.

Selective licensing

Selective licensing may apply in designated areas in addition to Rent Smart Wales licensing.

Towns covered

Monmouthshire

What this means for you

If you let a property in the Monmouthshire Council area, the first job is to confirm which licensing regime the exact address falls under. Mandatory HMO licensing applies to larger shared houses, and every landlord and agent must also register (and be licensed to self-manage) with Rent Smart Wales. Additional licensing can extend licensing to smaller HMOs in designated areas, on top of Rent Smart Wales duties. Selective licensing may apply in designated areas in addition to Rent Smart Wales licensing. Designations, fees and boundaries in Wales change regularly, so check the council's own licensing pages before each new tenancy rather than relying on what applied last time. Welsh lets are governed by the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016: occupation contracts, written statements within 14 days, and fitness for human habitation duties including electrical safety and alarms. Whatever the licensing position, keep the same evidence pack for every Monmouthshire Council tenancy: a current gas safety record where there is gas, an EICR no more than five years old, a valid EPC, working smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, deposit protection and prescribed information, and the required prescribed documents served before the tenancy starts. Landlords and agents using RentDocs store all of this against the property, so if Monmouthshire Council asks for proof, or a tenant raises a complaint with a redress scheme, the time-stamped record is already there.