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It is possible that licensing regimes operated by local councils could cut the fees they impose on landlords. The House of Commons...

Environmental health officers are making a last ditch bid to save local council licensing. The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health reckons that...

Landlords have only until Friday to give their views on a controversial licensing consultation from a council known for its aggressive...

Amendments to be made to the Renters Reform Bill when it returns to the Hoise of Commons next week won’t significantly...

An industry supplier is analysing licensing schemes and whether they achieve anything to improve rental housing standards. Yuno says questions need to be...

Private landlords applied for licences covering more than 12,000 homes during the first year of a controversial council’s selective licensing scheme. The...

Another council is consulting about a controversial selective licensing scheme.  North Lincolnshire council says the proposed scheme is “designed to improve housing...

A landlord has quit the private rental sector after a battle with his council over why his properties were put into...

Yet another council is consulting on whether to continue a selective licensing scheme. The scheme applies to several areas of Burnley and...

Supporters of council selective licensing start rearguard action  Some of those involved in local councils have started a campaign to save selective...

A London council is consulting on another controversial landlord licensing scheme. Barking and Dagenham council’s existing Selective Licensing Scheme has been applied to...

A landlord has warned her local authority that high charges for licensing are unaffordable without the fee being passed on to...

Bristol’s controversial Labour council is extending previous licensing schemes to other parts of the city at some £1,800 HMO per licence...

A Selective Licensing scheme proposal is out for consultation in the Scunthorpe area -  with a harsh message from a council...

A council has won an appeal to enforce a Financial Penalty Notice that was served on a landlord who let out...

A survey of local council private rental licensing schemes says 19 selective and additional licensing schemes and consultations will be taking...

A legal services provider is claiming that landlords risk criminal prosecution for breaches of licensing rules that are often “unreasonable and...

New additional and selective licensing schemes are to be considered by the controversial Bristol city council. The council’s Labour Mayor - Marvin...

Amendments to the Renters Reform Bill, designed to give landlords more protection, have won the backing of a prominent industry figure. Neil Cobbold,...

The National Residential Landlords Association is urging MPs to back what it describes as “pragmatic” changes to the Renters Reform Bill...

A Labour-controlled council is inviting private rental sector representatives to a round-table event which it pledges will not be a talking...

An additional licensing scheme for HMOs has come into effect in a London borough.  The new scheme will cover properties in Greenwich which...

A new council licensing scheme has been given the go ahead by the government. Peterborough council’s selective licensing scheme will be run...

Gedling council in Nottinghamshire is launching a consultation to renew yet another selective licensing scheme. The scheme was launched in 2018 and...

Landlords providing much-needed private rented accommodation in part of Merseyside are to fall under an expanded  licensing regime.  Wirral councillors have voted...

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health has given a warm welcome to many of the provision in the Renters Reform Bill...

Councils in Greater Manchester admit to charging landlords over £14,000 for “officer time” involved in licensing schemes. There are currently eight selective...

Almost all landlords letting out properties in a London borough will soon be legally required to have a selective license. It’s one...

Stockton-on-Tees is the latest council seeking people's views on the introduction of Selective Licensing for private rented housing. It launched a consultation...

A north of England council says it’s reviewing the fees for its selective licensing scheme “in terms of potential impact on...

A landlord has been ordered to pay almost £50,000 for failing to adhere to licensing legal requirements on several rental properties,...

Blackpool council will next week consider a new selective licensing scheme for some of the town’s privately rented properties. The scheme will...

A London council is looking to introduce new licensing for landlords. Currently Wandsworth council operates mandatory licensing for HMOs with five or...

Bristol’s Labour-controlled council says it wants to spend some £17m of local council tax payers’ money on two new licensing schemes...

A London council is telling landlords that if they don’t apply for a licence in the next nine days they face...

A statement from Oxford’s Labour controlled council says private landlords in the city have under a month to apply for a...

Landlords providing accommodation on the Wirral are likely to get further licensing as a new consultation goes ahead.  The proposals suggest continuing...

Landlords of more than 5,000 homes must register for a license and ensure their tenants have good quality housing or face...

Southwark’s Labour council has won the backing of Housing Secretary Michael Gove for one of the largest private landlord licensing schemes...

A new law requiring landlords in three wards of the London borough of Brent to pay for a selective licence will...

One of London’s most aggressive landlord licensing regimes says it has an early-bird offer running until July 14. Landlords applying for Newham...

This year is set to bring sweeping rental reforms that will change the face of lettings forever. Landlords should be following...

Labour is considering raising the buy to let and holiday home stamp duty surcharge above the current three per cent if...

Next Thursday voters up and down the country will be casting their votes in a series of local elections which are...

There have been no fewer than 10 different enquiries into selective licensing of landlords or rental properties by local councils -...

Landlords and letting agents are invited to join a virtual forum for details of a new licensing requirements and to find...

It’s claimed that Liverpool’s Labour council would take almost 150 years to process applications for its landlord licensing scheme. The council has...

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove urging him to make it easier for councils...

A Labour council introducing a vast new licensing regime claims its typical cost to a landlord would be just 0.5 per...

A new property licensing scheme that claims to provide “safer, well managed housing for renters” has now come into force in...

A borough-wide consultation on landlord licensing for privately rented properties in Brent is taking place for the next 12 weeks.  The online...

A Selective Licensing scheme introduced by a council back in 2016 is set for expansion.  Middlesbrough council claims that its scheme has...

Landlords in one part of the country are being told they must apply for their selective license in just the next six...

A new selective licensing scheme has been launched this week in Leicester.  The scheme will be in operation in three main cluster...

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities has approved a London council’s plan to introduce a new private rented property...

Greenwich council in south London has launched a new selective licensing scheme: all private-rented single-household properties in five wards of the...

Birmingham council has been granted permission by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to introduce a massive Selective Licensing...

Oxford’s private rented sector faces its biggest shake up in over a decade with the start of a new licensing scheme...

With a month to go until a new licensing scheme for private rented homes starts, Oxford council is urging landlords to...

A council says it’s launching a rolling programme of inspections of all 29,000 rental properties in its selective licensing scheme. The scheme...

A new Selective Licensing scheme for private landlords in Nottingham has been approved by the city council and now goes for...

A council has imposed fines on five landlords for licensing breaches. Doncaster’s Selective Licensing scheme was introduced - so the council claims...

It’s now daggers-drawn between the National Residential Landlords Association and Oxford’s Labour-run council over a huge new licensing scheme. Government approval of...

A consultation is underway into the extension of yet another private landlord licensing scheme for a further five years. Since March 2018...

The government has given the green light to two selective licensing schemes in areas of Burnley. The previous five-year schemes expired at...

A council is launching a Private Tenants Charter which it says will set standards for landlords and private rental sector organisations...

Oxford’s Labour-run council has called on private renters to join a new tenants union. A statement from the authority says some private...

In a surprise move, a local authority has suspended a consultation process into a proposed selective licensing scheme following criticisms.  The leader...

Birmingham’s Labour controlled council is writing to Housing Secretary Michael Gove for consent to apply a new licensing scheme over 25...

It’s been reported by local media that a controversial landlord licensing scheme introduced by a council may now be investigated by...

A London council is urging landlords in the area to check whether they require a license ahead of a new regime...

The majority of local authorities in England do not accurately record the number of private rented sector tenure complaints which they...

New selective licensing schemes are now live in areas of north and east Manchester covering more than 1,400 properties.  This means compulsory...

A Labour council in London has announced plans to expand its crackdown on what it calls “shoddy landlords.” Southwark council says the...

Salford is the latest city to launch a consultation seeking views on plans to expand its selective licensing scheme - claiming...

The Generation Rent activist group has repeated its call for a landlord register in England, saying it could mean more tax...

There’s more evidence of councils clamping down on landlords fly tipping - Landlord Today has run a series of reports on...

A landlord has been prosecuted for a second time for breaches of Wirral council’s selective licensing scheme. The council’s housing standards team...

A London council is urging landlords to check whether their properties require licensing under a new scheme introduced this month. Enfield’s new...

A local newspaper’s investigation has revealed that a London council flouted its own policies to maximise the number of landlords it...

A landlord has overturned a council fine for letting her flat without a licence - and it’s the same local authority...

A council in Leicestershire is poised to introduce two new licensing schemes for private landlords. Charnwood council has now approved the conditions...

There are just three weeks left for landlords to respond to one of the largest consultations undertaken by a council in...

A council says it’s “on the side of tenants” against landlords. The London borough of Tower Hamlets has renewed its Selective Licensing...

Salford council in Greater Manchester is to introduce landlord licensing for HMOs where three or four tenants live - and the...

A Midlands council has given notice of two landlord licensing schemes set to be introduced later this year. Charnwood council has been...

A council has now approved plans for two of the country’s largest licensing schemes - one is so large it needs...

A Labour-controlled council says it’s confident a huge new licensing scheme for one of Britain’s most high-profile cities will be voted...

A landlord who failed to licence his properties has been ordered to pay back over £8,000 in rent. Dexter Blackstock, a former...

Landlords in the the Charnwood area of the Midlands are invited to give their views on the proposed conditions for two...

The government has revealed that it has no plans to introduce a national licensing scheme for landlords. Housing minister Chris Pincher MP...

Landlords concerned at licensing proposals put forward by Newcastle council have only until Sunday to respond with their views. The authority is re-designating...

A council that put a selective licensing scheme consultation on pause because of the pandemic has resumed the exercise.  Oldham council says...

It appears that a London borough council’s two licensing schemes have expired at the turn of the year, with no alternative...

A landlord leader has hit out at a council’s selective licensing scheme, suggesting it is “bureaucracy for bureaucracy’s sake” and nothing...

Havering council has agreed to the extension of its landlord licensing scheme.  It currently covers 12 wards and will be rolled out ...

A landlord has been fined £2,500 for failing to licence a property that she had been renting out for several years...

A London local authority is to extend its current additional licensing scheme from 12 council wards to 18 - and is...

A local authority is inviting landlords to a virtual forum to be held today to canvas views on two proposed licensing...

Scarborough Council has approved the introduction of a compulsory selective licensing scheme in parts of Scarborough’s Weaponness and Ramshill ward.  The decision...