Tag: Selective Licensing

Another council pauses landlord licensing after legal challenge

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th October 2026, 1 week ago | 3

Another council has paused its plans to introduce landlord licensing following a legal challenge. The selective licensing scheme for Brighton’s...

Call to scrap landlord licensing after database rollout

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th October 2026, 2 weeks ago | 7

Discretionary landlord licensing schemes should be scrapped once England’s national landlord database is fully operational, ministers have been urged. In...

The government thinks a landlord’s house is more dangerous than a car with no MOT

Author: Mick Roberts

6th October 2026, 2 weeks ago | 22

Police interceptors wouldn’t fine me £7,000 for no MOT, so why would the government fine me for having an MOT?...

Victory for landlords as council withdraws raft of additional licensing conditions

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th September 2026, 3 weeks ago | 2

In a victory for landlords, Great Yarmouth Council has been forced to U-turn and withdraw a raft of additional licensing...

Industry body criticises ineffective and costly licensing schemes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th September 2026, 4 weeks ago | 5

An industry body has slammed selective licensing schemes as “ineffective” and a “poor use of public money”. Propertymark’s policy paper...

Propertymark: Licensing schemes must not add to landlords’ regulatory burden

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th September 2026, 1 month ago | 0

An industry body has warned licensing schemes must be “proportionate” rather than create unnecessary duplication. Propertymark has warned landlords and...

Tenants: Government rules meant to protect you just gave you a rent increase

Author: Mick Roberts

15th September 2026, 1 month ago | 15

Dear tenants, The government has just brought in yet another charge, a £65-a-year fee for each property to be registered...

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

Author: Landlord Crusader

11th September 2026, 1 month ago | 23

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, 1 month 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, 2 months ago | 6

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, 2 months 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, 2 months 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, 4 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 months ago | 5

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