Jan 6, 2021 | Civil Penalty, Licensing, Tribunal - FTT
05 Jan 2021 Thurrock Council has won an appeal from a decision of the First-tier Tribunal to cancel a civil penalty imposed for the offence of managing or being in control of a house in multiple occupation that is required by the Housing Act 2004 to be licensed, when...Oct 29, 2020 | Civil Penalty, Rogue Council, Rogue Landlords
29 Oct 2020 Northampton council is seeking a so-called Charging Order against a landlord who failed to carry out improvements to her property and then ignored the resulting £12,400 civil penalty. In December 2018, council officers carried out an inspection of the...Sep 11, 2020 | Civil Penalty, Licensing
11 Sep 2020 Two landlords have been served with civil penalty notices for operating unlicensed HMOs. The notices were from Wellingborough council; one was for £6,000 and the other for £8,250. Details of the individuals and properties cannot be disclosed as the...Jan 23, 2020 | Civil Penalty, Improvement Notice
12 Jan 2020 A landlord in one of the most scenic parts of Devon had been served with a £18,000 civil penalty because he failed to do work demanded by an Improvement Notice. The landlord has not been named by South Hams council, but it says the landlord has now...Jul 2, 2019 | Civil Penalty, Improvement Notice
02 Jul 2019 A London council wants to extend its private rental sector licensing scheme – and in doing so is boasting of the number of notices it’s so far issued against landlords. Havering council has begun a consultation looking at extending its scheme,...
