Decision details

Having considered an officer report, and a presentation by the Cabinet

Member for Housing, Councillor Damien Egan, the Mayor agreed that:

(i) the designation of an additional licensing scheme for Houses in

Multiple Occupation (HMOs) above commercial premises in the whole of the

Council’s area be approved using the power set out in Section 56 (1) of the

Housing Act 2004;

(ii) the statutory consultation undertaken on the proposed Additional

Licensing scheme as required by Section 56 (3) of the Housing Act 2004 be

noted;

(iii) the proposed fee for Licenses to be put to Supplementary Licensing

Committee for approval and the fee level recommended for both the new

additional licensing scheme and mandatory licences be £500 “per let unit”

over the five year term with a proposed  maximum threshold of £5000 for

each property where there are 10 lettings or more per landlord, subject to

discounts;

(iv) the principle of the publication of an online register of landlords who are

licensed by the Council be approved;

(v) the Executive Director for Customer Services be required to prepare a

detailed project plan for implementation beginning May 2016 and publish the

3 month Statutory Notice for the scheme as part of the implementation;

(vi) the Executive Director for Customer Services, after consulting the relevant

portfolio holder, be authorised to review the scheme, its implementation and

resourcing and make amendments as necessary so as to ensure the

principles of the scheme are achieved.