x
By using this website, you agree to our use of cookies to enhance your experience.
Written by rosalind renshaw

A consortium of 347 private landlords have won the first round of their battle to win a judicial review of a selective licensing scheme which was introduced by a council in March 2010.

Their application in the High Court was made under Part 3 of the Housing Act. They claimed that the authority, Hyndburn District Council, in Accrington, Lancashire, had not consulted properly.

The Housing Act makes provision for selective licensing of private rented accommodation.

If a housing authority designates part or all of its district for selective licensing, landlords with properties in those areas have to apply, and pay, for a licence before they can let out their properties and prove they are ‘fit and proper people’.

Local councils can also attach conditions to licences.

The landlords, with 1,326 properties affected and known collectively as the ‘Hyndburn Landlords’, were backed with legal help from the Residential Landlords Association.

The High Court rejected the council’s argument that the consortium of landlords had left it too late before objecting.

Comments

MovePal MovePal MovePal