Selective Licensing
Online event for residents, landlords, neighbours and businesses
Engagement event on the 1 April at 5:30pm to 7pm to find out more information and ask any questions.
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If you couldn’t attend the previous online sessions for Selective Licensing, you can now view the presentations from those events.
Selective Licensing is a scheme which requires all private landlords operating within a designated area to license any privately rented property. The scheme was introduced within the Housing Act 2004 (under Part 3, Section 80).
Area of designation lasts for 5 years and will include statutory and general conditions aimed at ensuring licensed properties are safe, meet basic standards and they are managed in a satisfactory way.
To get a licence the landlord or managing agent would have to pay a fee set by us and meet certain standards which affect the way the property is managed.
Areas eligible for selective licensing must have one or more of these issues:
We believe selective licensing would improve the management of privately rented properties and contribute positively to improving neighbourhoods.
In turn this will:
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