Search Results for: selective licensing
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Regulation & Law
Controversial expansion to city’s licensing scheme begins
Gateshead Council ignores significant opposition to the extension of its licensing scheme and has given itself the go-ahead.
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Environmental Health inspectors push for more property licensing
Trade body the CIEH wants licensing schemes to enable councils to force improvements through and longer terms for selective licensing.
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Landlord law expert attacks new licensing rules
Landlords Defence’s Phil Turtle says the new selective licensing rules are nothing more than 'council money-raising schemes.'
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Regulation & Law
Property industry slams licensing rule change for councils
The decision that councils will no longer require government permission for selective licensing schemes of any size has not gone down well within the property industry.
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Rental market
Councils keen on licensing are ‘rogue landlords’ themselves!
Local authorities which have introduced selective licensing scheems for private landlords, have paid out huge compensation for their own poor management.
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Regulation & Law
Amendment to Renters’ Rights Bill to double licensing to ten years
The CIEH, which has sponsored the amendment, says selective and HMO licensing schemes should be put on a more permanent footing.
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Regulation & Law
Another big council widens HMO licensing scheme
With the backing of ‘locals’ Barking and Dagenham is to extend its licensing scheme to include smaller HMOs plus a re-run of its existing selective scheme.
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Rental market
Licensing expert calls for new landlord registration scheme
Phil Turtle of Landlord Licensing and Defence says the Government should copy Jersey's example, where a new database of landlords has been introduced.
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Regulation & Law
High profile council to roll out property licensing for first time
Wandsworth, which until recently was the darling of Tory politicians for pioneering Right to Buy, has revealed plans to clamp down on bad landlords and agents.
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Regulation & Law
South Coast agents get ready for huge new licensing scheme
Brighton's new City-wide scheme is for larger HMOs and applications for managing agents and owners will open from 1 July.
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