Landlord guide: Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council

Overview

If you let a property in the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council area, the first job is to confirm which licensing regime the exact address falls under. HMO licensing across Northern Ireland is administered centrally by Belfast City Council's NIHMO unit, and all private landlords must register on the NI Landlord Registration Scheme. There is no separate additional licensing scheme; HMO licensing plus landlord registration apply. Landlord registration applies to every private tenancy, and the Private Tenancies Act sets notice, deposit and safety duties. Designations, fees and boundaries in Northern Ireland change regularly, so check the council's own licensing pages before each new tenancy rather than relying on what applied last time. Northern Irish lets are governed by the Private Tenancies Act (Northern Ireland) 2022, covering tenancy notices, deposits, receipts and safety requirements. Whatever the licensing position, keep the same evidence pack for every Causeway Coast and Glens Borough 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 Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council asks for proof, or a tenant raises a complaint with a redress scheme, the time-stamped record is already there.