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Areas we cover

We sell, let and manage property across Nottingham, Nottinghamshire and the Erewash borough of Derbyshire, from West Bridgford, where our office sits on its doorstep, out to Bingham, Hucknall and Long Eaton. Every area we cover is named below, against the council that governs it, because the council decides whether your rental property needs a local licence, and that single fact catches landlords out more often than anything else on this site. Send us an address and we will tell you the position for your street.

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Every area, and who licenses it

Nottingham City Council has operated selective and additional licensing since 1 December 2023. The councils around it run their own, mostly lighter, regimes. Mandatory HMO licensing, for larger house shares, applies everywhere in England. We verify the current position with the relevant council before you rely on it, because schemes are consulted on and changed.

CouncilAreas we coverLicensing position
RushcliffeWest Bridgford, Lady Bay, Compton Acres, Gamston, Edwalton, Ruddington, Radcliffe on Trent, Bingham, Cotgrave, Keyworth, Tollerton, East Bridgford, East LeakeNo selective or additional scheme. Mandatory HMO licensing only
Nottingham CityCity Centre, The Meadows, Wilford, Clifton, Lenton, Dunkirk, Radford, Hyson Green, Forest Fields, Basford, Bulwell, Sherwood, Carrington, Mapperley, St Ann's, Sneinton, Bakersfield, Wollaton, Bilborough, Aspley, Top Valley, Rise ParkSelective and additional schemes apply in designated areas. Check the address, not the postcode
BroxtoweBeeston, Bramcote, Chilwell, Toton, Attenborough, Stapleford, Kimberley, Eastwood, NuthallNo City scheme reaches here. We confirm Broxtowe's current position before you rely on it
GedlingArnold, Carlton, Gedling, Netherfield, Colwick, Burton Joyce, Woodthorpe, CalvertonNo City scheme reaches here. We confirm Gedling's current position before you rely on it
AshfieldHucknallNo City scheme reaches here. We confirm Ashfield's current position before you rely on it
ErewashLong Eaton, Sandiacre, Sawley, Breaston, Borrowash, IlkestonDerbyshire. We confirm Erewash's current position before you rely on it

The boundaries matter more than the names. Sherwood and Mapperley in particular straddle the city line, so two landlords on the same road can face different rules, and West Bridgford, despite every letterhead in NG2 saying Nottingham, is in Rushcliffe and outside the City schemes entirely. An address gives us the answer in minutes; an area name only gives an assumption. Every area on this page is within easy reach of our office, and our team works across all of them as a matter of course; none is an outpost.

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For landlords choosing between areas

The licensing table is not trivia, it is arithmetic. A licensed property in the City carries an application fee to the council, licence conditions with real penalties, and a renewal every five years; two miles south in Rushcliffe the same house needs no local licence at all. Yields that look identical on a portal are not identical after licensing, and our sourcing and appraisal work prices this in from the start. If you are buying to let and comparing areas, ask us for the licensing position before you offer, not after.

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Questions we are asked

Do you cover my area? +

If it is in or around Nottingham, Nottinghamshire or the Erewash borough, almost certainly: the full list is on this page. Send us the address and you will get a straight yes or no, and if we are not the right agent for it we will say so.

Does my rental property need a licence? +

It depends on which council governs the address, not on the word Nottingham in it. Nottingham City runs selective and additional licensing in designated areas; Rushcliffe, including West Bridgford, runs neither. Send us the address and we will confirm the position with the council before you rely on it.

Is West Bridgford part of Nottingham for licensing? +

No. West Bridgford is in Rushcliffe, which operates no selective or additional licensing scheme, so only mandatory HMO licensing under national law applies there. Nottingham City's schemes stop at the boundary.

You cover Erewash, which is Derbyshire. Why there and not the rest of the county? +

Because Long Eaton, Sandiacre and their neighbours function as part of the Nottingham market, minutes from our patch, and we can service them properly. We claim the borough we genuinely work, not the county beyond it.

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