Tag: Selective Licensing

Why the nonsense £65 landlord database tax is just the start

Author: Landlord Crusader

11th September 2026, 7 hours ago | 16

There is something almost insulting about being told by the government that £65 is not much money. It is apparently...

Landlords face £200 charge for missing selective licensing deadline

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th September 2026, 3 days ago | 2

A council claims a £200 late application fee for selective licensing is not “intended to be punitive” for landlords. North...

Croydon’s landlord licensing delay creates legal uncertainty

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd September 2026, 1 week ago | 3

Landlords in Croydon will be unable to apply for two new property licences until the day the schemes come into...

PRS Database must be more than a licensing fee collector – Propertymark

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th August 2026, 3 weeks ago | 5

An industry body has warned that the PRS Database must not become a duplication of selective licensing. Propertymark says schemes...

Landlord hits out at not user-friendly selective licensing application process

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th August 2026, 4 weeks ago | 9

A landlord has slammed a council’s selective licensing application process as “not fit for purpose”. Paul Cunningham, chair of the...

Committee calls for raising standards and stronger enforcement across PRS

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd July 2026, 2 months ago | 7

A government committee has urged the government to introduce incentives for landlords to raise standards in the private rented sector...

Nottingham’s landlord licensing creates £114.9m in ‘social value’?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th May 2026, 4 months ago | 9

Nottingham’s landlord licensing schemes have created £114.9m in social value over five years, according to the first evaluation published by...

Councils urged to take proactive approach to enforcement

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th May 2026, 4 months ago | 3

The government has claimed councils “should take a proactive approach to enforcement” under the Renters’ Rights Act. In a written...

Landlords win as selective licensing rules are amended

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th May 2026, 4 months ago | 10

In a victory for landlords, a letting agent has successfully overturned unreasonable selective licensing conditions imposed by Charnwood borough council....

Council offers cash to improve homes for rent

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th May 2026, 4 months ago | 1

Landlords and property owners with long-term empty homes in one city could receive up to £20,000 to bring properties back...

Council considers extending selective licensing scheme

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th May 2026, 4 months ago | 1

A council has decided to press ahead with a public consultation on its selective licensing scheme. Durham County Council has...

Call for better communication of selective licensing schemes by councils

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th April 2026, 5 months ago | 1

An organisation is urging councils to actively promote selective licensing schemes after a council introduced six new schemes but failed...

Councils with selective licensing schemes must think we are stupid

Author: Landlord Crusader

24th April 2026, 5 months ago | 1

Here we go again, I thought, when reading about Great Yarmouth council on Property118 claiming that there is ‘little evidence’...

Council branded “deluded” by landlord over selective licensing scheme

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd April 2026, 5 months ago | 5

A council has been accused of being “deluded” over claims that selective licensing will not cause rent rises. Great Yarmouth...

Cabinet approves additional HMO and Selective Licensing Schemes for Croydon

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th April 2026, 5 months ago | 1

After a recent consultation on the 25th March, the Cabinet have approved an additional HMO and Selective Licensing scheme for...

Build-to-Rent viability warning as ARL urges government action

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th March 2026, 6 months ago | 0

The Association for Rental Living (ARL) is urging the government to take prompt action to support the UK’s Build-to-Rent (BtR)...

Selective licensing and RRA drive council staffing increase

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th February 2026, 7 months ago | 4

A Labour-run council is hiring extra staff to tackle selective licensing and the Renters’ Rights Act. Liverpool City Council has...

Council to charge £1,000 selective licensing fee

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th February 2026, 7 months ago | 3

A council will go ahead with its selective licensing scheme set to come into force in April, requiring landlords to...

Landlords could be fined twice for same offence warns licensing expert

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th February 2026, 7 months ago | 1

A landlord expert has accused councils of “double jeopardy enforcement against landlords” by fining them twice for the same offence....

Labour-run council hires extra staff for selective licensing crackdown

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th February 2026, 7 months ago | 3

A council has doubled the size of its staff to deal with selective licensing. Westminster council claims it has recruited...

Landlord association challenges council’s selective licensing scheme

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th February 2026, 7 months ago | 1

A landlord association is fighting back against a council’s proposed selective licensing scheme by threatening legal action. The Eastern Landlords...