The proposed licence fee is £780 for those without
accreditation (applications must be submitted by 1 August) and this
figure is still subject to final approval by the Executive Board
which is not due to meet until 31 July 2018.
Nottingham City will only accept accreditation through DASH or
Unipol, with DASH having closed their application process without
prior notice to any Landlords on 13 July 2018.
No Landlords have had written prior notice of any of these
implementations and more time must be given.
Please sign this petition to review the Selective Licensing Scheme
by Nottingham City Council
Started by: Nicole Jackson
This ePetition ran from 24/07/2018 to 17/09/2018 and has now finished.
17 people signed this ePetition.
Thank you for your petition which has been received by Constitutional Services. Your petition has been forwarded to the Corporate Director for Commercial and Operations and will now be investigated. You should receive a response within 12 working days. If you would like any further information or have any queries please feel free to contact Constitutional Services on 0115 8764305.
Yours sincerely,
Zena West
Governance Officer
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The Portfolio Holder for Community Protection, Councillor Toby Neal, has responded to your petition as follows:
"The Secretary of State’s approval was required for the
Council’s Selective Licensing Designation and the Secretary
of State set the date for the Designation to take effect as part of
that process. The Council issued the required statutory notices
promptly after the Secretary of State approved the scheme in
February 2018 in effect giving nearly 6 months’ notice which
is longer than the 3 months required by the Housing Act 2004.
The fee was set at the meeting of the Executive Board on April 17
2018, so was approved over three months before the start of the
scheme.
In discussion with DASH, it was agreed that landlords who applied
for accreditation after 13 July but before 1 August would still be
considered for the discount provided they became accredited before
the second part of the fee was due. It should be pointed out that
DASH has been offering accreditation in Nottingham since 2009.
Until January this year it was free. The Executive Board reports of
November 2016, July 2017 and April 2018 relating to the Designation
all indicated that it was proposed to set a discounted licence fee
for accredited landlords. The Council therefore believes that
landlords have had ample notice and opportunity to become
accredited in order to receive a discount on the fee."
If you would like any further information or have any queries please feel free to contact Constitutional Services on 0115 8764305.
Yours sincerely,
Zena West
Governance Officer