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London landlords given a month to pay £1,000 licensing fee
Westminster council has revealed fees ahead of launching one of England's biggest selective licensing schemes covering 15 of its 18 wards.
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Another big council consults on expanding property licensing
12-week consultation on selective licensing scheme launched by Croydon Council as it tries to rein in rogue landlords in a borough that has an exceptionally high number of rental properties.
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NRLA says latest licensing scheme a ‘tax on good landlords’
Comments are made after latest claim that selective licensing is the answer to low standards and high crime in deprived areas, this time in Grimsby.
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Seaside town’s licensing rules spark tenant privacy fears
Landlord group claims quarterly property inspections under expanded selective licensing scheme would be 'huge imposition on tenants.'
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Propertymark makes unusually strong attack on council over licensing
The industry trade organisation says Hackney's new selective and HMO licensing schemes will duplicate parts of the Renters' Rights Bill and also cost too much.
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Letting agents win latest battle in longest-ever war on property licensing
A group of landlords and lettings agents have forced a Luton council scheme to the Court of Appeal following a five-year campaign to stop it.
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London council reveals massive landlord licensing expansion
Hackney Council is proposing to make almost every rental property in the borough subject to a licensing scheme.
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Famous seaside town begins landlord licensing consultation
Great Yarmouth councillor Paul Wells says 60% of the resort's privately rented homes will be covered by the selective licensing scheme.
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Landlords join with letting agency in fight against ‘extortionate’ licensing fees
Martin & Co has signed up 40 landlords in a campaign against an "astonishing" selective licensing charge in Leicester.
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Landlords ‘facing crippling fines for simple licensing oversights’
Accidental breaches of selective licensing rules are being unfairly punished by over-officious local authorities, according to Phil Turtle of Landlord Licensing and Defence.
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