Tag: Selective Licensing

Council’s selective licensing scheme deadline is looming

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd March 2024, 2 years ago | 6

One of the country’s largest selective licensing schemes will go live in two weeks’ time and landlords are being urged...

City’s selective licensing scheme sees a surge in applications

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th March 2024, 2 years ago | 2

A council’s mandatory licensing scheme for private landlords has received a higher-than-expected response in its first year. The scheme, launched...

Organisation voices its fears over Selective Licensing future

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th March 2024, 2 years ago | 6

A professional organisation has voiced its fears over the fate of selective licensing in the UK after the government pledged...

Council seeks views on extending selective licensing for landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th March 2024, 2 years ago | 3

Landlords and residents are to be consulted on whether selective licensing schemes in six areas in one town should be...

Council threatens hefty fines as landlords struggle with faulty licensing system

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th February 2024, 2 years ago | 14

Nottingham City Council has produced a video to help landlords learn how to complete its selective licensing application process –...

Landlord fears ‘prison sentence’ over council’s selective licensing application process

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th February 2024, 2 years ago | 25

One landlord says applying for a selective licence with his council’s online system is a ‘complete waste of money’ which...

Damning report exposes council’s mishandling of selective licensing fees

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th February 2024, 2 years ago | 23

A controversial council has found itself in hot water following a damning report that exposes its failure to ringfence its...

Brighton and Hove council crackdown on landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th December 2023, 2 years ago | 5

Landlords in Brighton and Hove face a £500 fine if they fail to carry out work to improve their properties....

Gove issues ultimatum to councils: ‘No Excuse’ for delaying housing plans

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th December 2023, 2 years ago | 2

Michael Gove has announced a new national policy framework (NPFF) in his long-term plan for housing. The Housing Secretary laid...

Lambeth council proposes UK’s most expensive selective licensing scheme

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th December 2023, 2 years ago | 16

A London borough unveils a controversial plan, in a bid for better standards. Lambeth Council are launching a consultation on...

Are selective licensing schemes to blame for soaring rents?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th December 2023, 2 years ago | 23

For anyone wondering what the impact of selective licensing schemes is on tenants and rent prices, then one landlord has...

Professional body backs property portal and wants continued use of selective licensing

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th November 2023, 2 years ago | 6

A professional membership body has expressed support for a property portal for landlords but believes it won’t remove the need...

Selective licensing scheme sparks frustrations in Nottingham

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd November 2023, 3 years ago | 5

A frustrated landlord has criticised Nottingham’s selective licensing scheme and called it a “stealth tax on landlords”. Nottingham City Council...

Landlords slam ‘unfair’ selective licensing fee as council reviews policy

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

31st October 2023, 3 years ago | 5

Landlords in Middlesbrough have criticised a selective licensing scheme that charges them £800 for a five-year licence – but it...

Bristol Council wants more PRS licensing?

Author: Readers Question

30th October 2023, 3 years ago | 7

On Wednesday, October 25, 2023, 4:29 AM, Consultation Team wrote: Consultation on new schemes to improve the quality and management...

Crime Stats – specific to rental properties?

Author: Readers Question

26th October 2023, 3 years ago | 7

Hello, Does anyone know how to find out the detailed crime stats for an area (postcode or actual road)? I am...

Selective Licensing Inspections – Council Fines?

Author: Readers Question

26th September 2023, 3 years ago | 24

Hello, can I please canvas opinions amongst members? I own two leasehold flats in the same building, within one of...

Is the landlord exodus as bad as everyone thinks?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th September 2023, 3 years ago | 11

We all hear about the landlord exodus but just how bad is it? New figures from the Office for National...

Local authorities are using selective licensing as a ‘cash cow’ – Special Report

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th September 2023, 3 years ago | 8

Lots of councils see selective licensing schemes as a way of improving housing stock in the private rented sector (PRS)...

Councils have more powers than the police when it comes to inspecting properties – Special Report

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th September 2023, 3 years ago | 20

All tenants have a right to quiet enjoyment, but can councils still inspect a property if a tenant and landlord...