Housing - Selective Landlord Licensing Scheme

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Annie Isabella Kerr

Dear Scarborough Borough Council,

I am contacting your office with a freedom of information request. I hope to gain information with regards to the Selective Landlord Licensing Scheme as outlined in part three of the Housing Act 2004. Please see below for explicit details and limits on the information I am requesting and note that I am contacting you via email and would respectfully request a response in the same format.

1. Have you introduced a selective landlord licensing scheme?

2. When did you introduce your selective licensing scheme(s)? Is it borough wide
or specific neighbourhoods?

3. What is the license fee (or fee structure)? How did you determine this structure? Does this make the scheme self-financing?

4. How has the income from the license fee been used to improve housing?

5. Since selective licensing was introduced, how many landlords have been
prosecuted for a) failing to obtain a license under the selective licensing
scheme and b) other offences under Parts 1 and 2 of the Housing Act 2004?

6. For the participating areas, what evidence do you have that your selective licensing scheme has impacted anti-social behaviour issues?

7. What evidence do you have that a) selective licensing has helped identify sub-par landlords and b) has improved conditions in the private rented sector?

8. If you do not participate in a selective landlord licensing scheme a) why not and b) do you have any alternative structures and or systems in place to evaluate landlords in the private rented sector?

9. Do you have any plans to discuss the implementation of a selective landlord licensing scheme in the future?

I would like to thank you for taking the time to comprehensively respond to my request. I greatly appreciate it.

Yours faithfully,

Annie Isabella Kerr

Diane Cross, Scarborough Borough Council

Dear Ms Kerr

 

Email Address: [1][FOI #327499 email]  

FOI Request Reference: FOIA4366 - Housing - Selective Landlord Licensing
Scheme

Thank you for your written communication of 11/04/2016.

Your request has been referred to the responsible officer and a response
should be made within the statutory timeframe of 20 working days from the
date of receipt.

In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case, we
will let you know. A fees notice will be issued to you, and you will be
required to pay before we will proceed to deal with your request.

Please ensure that any further communication in relation to this matter is
sent by you to the Freedom of Information Officer at the below address
quoting the reference FOIA4366 in all communications.

Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Officer

 

 

Freedom of Information Officer

Legal and Democratic Services

Scarborough Borough Council

e:  [2][Scarborough Borough Council request email]

t:01723 232323

f:0870 2384159

w:  [3]www.scarborough.gov.uk

 

 

 

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Andrew Rowe, Scarborough Borough Council

Dear Isabella

Re: Freedom of Information Act 2000 – FOIA 4366

Thank you for your request which has been dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). See below response to your request.

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request and wish to make a complaint or request a review of our decision, you should write to the Freedom of Information Officer, Legal and Support Services, Town Hall, St Nicholas Street, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO11 2HG or email [Scarborough Borough Council request email].

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the Information Commissioner’s Office cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by Scarborough Borough Council. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF | Tel: 01625 545745 | Fax: 01625 524510 | Web: | www.ico.org.uk |

Yours sincerely

Andrew Rowe

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