The National Landlords Association has written to Communities Secretary Eric Pickles to query the status of the landlord licensing system introduced by Rotherham council.
The entire leadership of Rotherham council stood down earlier this month after a report into sex abuse suggested the authority was in denial' and not fit for purpose'. Commissioners have now been sent in to run the authority.
Now the NLA says the same council introduced selective landlord licensing in December.
The NLA believes that this decision was not taken in the best interests of the local community and should be overturned says a letter to Pickles from the association's chief executive Richard Lambert.
It goes on: The council consulted on the introduction of selective licensing at the beginning of 2014. In the summer the council found there was no need for the introduction of such a scheme. There was alternatively a commitment to greater cooperation with the NLA and local groups to create a better private rented sector without recourse to discretionary licensing.
We propose that the policy be over-turned by the commissioners .... Any final decision could then be taken by a new council in 2016, which will have a strong elected mandate.
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