Licensing

Mick Roberts has published an article in Property118 following his exchange of letters with the Housing Minister regarding the selective licensing scheme in Nottingham. The article can be seen here and is mainly a letter he has written to the Housing Minister: Dear...

Bristol City Council has taken a decisive step to tighten regulations on letting agents and landlords, unveiling new licensing schemes for rented properties within its jurisdiction.  This is following a recent report entitled 'Bristol Living Rent Commission' where the...

Licence fees for private landlords renting out homes in Oxford more than doubled today as new city council rates came into force. A new rate of £1,100 for a five-year licence now applies unless a home is newly rented within 12 weeks of a complete application, in which...

Haringey landlords across the borough who have failed to licence their houses in multiple occupation (HMO) have been issued with fines amounting to £207,500. To date, 59 warnings have been given to landlords who have rented out their unlicensed HMO property to at...

Portsmouth Council have issued the following:   We're asking shared home landlords in Portsmouth to make sure they're ready to apply for a new licence, ahead of applications opening next week Currently, the law requires homes in multiple occupation (HMOs) with...

Directors of the company owning the property were issued with a Financial Penalty Notice for the offence totaling £1,898.73 after an inspection found the property housing five tenants had been an unlicensed HMO since at least 2018, meaning it was potentially unsafe...

Newham says its deadline to apply for a licence is at the end of this month and to take control of landlords’ property if they don’t apply in time. The council says it will be stepping up its enforcement and inspection visits in September and will take action against...

Warnings have been sent to landlords that they could face large fines if properties are not properly licenced. Owners of houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) in Portsmouth have to acquire an appropriate licence after two landlords were punished for not doing so. From...

Landlords in Oxford are being warned they have less than a month to apply for a licence under a council’s selective licensing scheme before facing a significant increase in the application fee.  It is now mandatory for ALL private lets in the city to have a licence....

Medway Council  has now agreed to spend £50,000 looking licencing which it says would tackle poor property conditions within its borders as well as anti-social behaviour, poor housing quality and deprivation.   See the details here The meeting heard that the council...