Search Results for: Article 4 Direction
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Regulation & Law
WARNING: Sublets ‘can cost landlords up to £80,000’
A sublet property can be designated as an HMO and be subject to the strict rules governing multiple occupancy buildings, warns expert.
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Northern council ‘declares war’ on slum landlords
Manchester's Tameside Council strips landlords of conversion rights as local opposition to Houses in Multiple Occupation grows.
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Regulation & Law
Welsh council loses second homes court case
Judge rules council’s cabinet was 'materially misled' over Article 4 powers to control holiday lets and second homes.
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Regulation & Law
North West council says strict HMO controls work
Salford Council claims it has taken a tight grip on HMO developments and that its neighbours are following its lead.
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Rental market
Holiday lets tax crackdown in Wales ‘is working’
New Stamp Duty figures show how holiday and second homes have decreased in Wales under new taxes.
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Regulation & Law
Harsher second homes and holiday let rules prompt backlash
Angry responses flood newspaper as new planning restrictions come into force in Eryri - formerly Snowdonia - National Park.
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Regulation & Law
Big northern council takes ‘urgent action’ to prevent HMO oversupply
Bolton is the latest to introduce planning permission requirement for all shared house conversions - nearly two years after first mooting the policy.
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Regulation & Law
Northern landlords latest to face angry HMO backlash
Campaigners say Darlington council has 'lost control of HMO situation' and demand a clamp-down in smaller HMO planning permissions.
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Regulation & Law
MPs demand ‘Airbnb Law’ to tackle holiday lets
Four MPs in Cornwall want the Government to give local councils in England the power to require planning approval for second homes and holiday lets.
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Regulation & Law
Landlords and agents face HMO crackdown in TWO more areas
Councils in two different parts of the country are planning clampdowns on HMOs in their locations.
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