Jun 6, 2022 | Banning Order, Civil Penalty Fines, Court Fine, HMO Management Regs, Licensing
06 Jun 2022 Despite announcing in 2018 that they were now pursuing landlords for failure to licence HMOs and breaches of HMO Management Regulations under the civil penalty regime, (see £16,000 fine given for non-licence HMO”) the local authority has instead...
Mar 10, 2022 | Civil Penalty Fines, Legislation & Regulations, Licensing, Rogue Landlords
10 Mar 2022 Guest post by Des Taylor Casework Director at Landlord Licensing & Defence It has come across my desk from more than one local authority and in multiple cases that the Council is checking information with Consumer Credit Reference Companies as part of...
Mar 4, 2022 | Civil Penalty Fines, Court Fine, Licensing
04 Mar 2022 Poor housing quality is a serious issue affecting the public health and mental health of the UK population, yet 18% of homes in the Private Rented Sector (PRS) fail the government’s decent homes standard. Enforcement is a key part of...
Dec 8, 2021 | Civil Penalty Fines, Licensing
08 Dec 2021 Harrogate Borough Council has announced another win against a landlord. Landlord Kingspark Limited who received a penalty of £15,000 for failure to comply with an improvement notice requiring works at a property on Electric Avenue, Harrogate. Trevor...
Nov 25, 2021 | Civil Penalty Fines, Improvement Notice
25 Nov 2021 Harrogate Borough Council has announced another win against a landlord. Landlord Mr Stephen A received a penalty of £15,000 for failing to comply with an improvement notice requiring works at a property on Providence Terrace, Harrogate. Trevor Watson,...
Nov 11, 2021 | Civil Penalty Fines, Improvement Notice
11 Nov 2021 The most recent success relates to a case the council served on landlord Mr Jamshid J-G, for failing to comply with an improvement notice of a property on the High Street, Starbeck. As Mr J-G failed to address several hazards at the property, including...
