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Selective licensing

Selective Licensing Compliance and Application Support across the North East

Sunderland Landlord Compliance helps landlords understand the evidence and compliance requirements for a selective licensing application, organise their certificates and documents, identify what is missing and coordinate any remedials or specialists needed, through to application readiness.

Last reviewed: October 2026

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Selective licensing support

  • Help understanding the evidence and compliance requirements
  • Document readiness review
  • Organisation of certificates and evidence
  • Identification of missing items
  • Coordination of remedials and specialists where needed
  • Application readiness support
  • Routine follow up support

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Selective Licensing Readiness Review

A clearly defined starting point for landlords who want to know where they stand. The review gives you:

  • A structured review of your evidence and documents
  • A checklist of missing actions
  • A clear readiness status
  • Next steps, with any certificates or works quoted and coordinated on request

Quoted individually. No payment at request stage.

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Gateshead, Newcastle and County Durham

Selective licensing schemes operate in parts of Gateshead, Newcastle and County Durham, each with its own boundaries, conditions and evidence expectations. We support landlords across all three, and across the wider North East.

Local pages: Gateshead, Newcastle and County Durham. Always confirm the position for the specific address with the relevant council.

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Our role

Sunderland Landlord Compliance is not the council and does not decide licence applications. Licence approval, conditions and timescales are set by the local authority, and no outcome can be guaranteed. The landlord remains responsible for the application and its declarations.

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Further reading

See the selective licensing guide, North East property licensing and landlord licensing evidence.

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Important

Important

This page is published for general awareness and education. It is not legal advice and does not replace formal advice from a solicitor, surveyor or your local authority. Sunderland Landlord Compliance is a compliance coordination service and does not act as a legal adviser, local authority, enforcement body, surveyor, solicitor or housing inspector. SLC does not guarantee compliance.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

No. Sunderland Landlord Compliance is a managed property compliance service and consultancy. Selective licensing schemes are designated and run by local authorities, and only the relevant council can decide whether a property needs a licence and whether a licence is granted.

A structured review of your evidence and documents for a property in, or proposed for, a selective licensing area. You receive a checklist of missing actions, a clear readiness status and the next steps, with any certificates or remedial works quoted and coordinated if you want us to.

We support landlords across the North East, including selective licensing areas in Gateshead, Newcastle and County Durham. Scheme boundaries and conditions change, so always confirm the position for the specific address with the relevant council.

No. Licence decisions and conditions are set by the council. We help you reach an organised, evidenced position before you apply, and support routine follow up queries afterwards.

Every instruction is quoted individually, because the scope depends on the property, its layout, the evidence already held and the level of support you want. Request a quote on this page, call 0191 722 1789 or email info@sunderland-landlord-compliance.co.uk. The price and scope are confirmed in writing before anything is booked, and nothing is payable at request stage.

Areas covered

Serving Sunderland and the wider North East

Sunderland Landlord Compliance supports landlords, letting agents, homeowners and property managers across the North East, including:

SunderlandWashingtonHoughton-le-SpringSeahamSouth ShieldsGatesheadNewcastleDurhamand surrounding areas

Related services

Coordinate the rest of your compliance with SLC

Next step

Ready to arrange this service?

Submit a quote request, call the office, or send an email. SLC reviews every request manually and confirms price, availability and next steps before any payment is requested.

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