Licensing

An agent in Enfield has been fined over £10,000 for not licensing in a Selective Licence area. Gracechurch Property Services was ordered to pay a £7,500 fine and £1,299 in costs with an additional £2,000 victim surcharge – a total of £10,799 – during a recent...

Wandsworth Council in London is seeking to introduce additional licensing for HMO's of 3, or 4 occupants, as well as new selective licensing scheme. The proposed selective scheme covers an estimated 8,600 properties in Tooting Bec, Tooting Broadway and Furzedown,...

Since August 1st, a new law mandating landlords to acquire a selective licence has come into effect in three Brent wards. Landlords renting out properties in Dollis Hill, Harlesden & Kensal Green, and Willesden Green are now legally obliged to possess this...

Property118 has published a special report saying that 'Up and down the country landlords are caught in the trap of having to pay for a selective licence. These licenses aren’t cheap and for the money landlords spend, councils don’t appear to be inspecting...

Brighton & Hove Council hopes to introduce a huge selective licensing scheme that would eventually cover 17 of the city’s 23 wards.  See more details here. Councillors are set to give the go-ahead for a consultation into plans to introduce the scheme in areas...

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...