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The London borough of Greenwich has launched a session into renewing its extra licensing scheme.
The earlier scheme ran from October 2017 and led to September, and the council now desires landlords and tenants to assist it resolve whether or not to start out it up once more from April 2023.
Because of this landlords gained’t have to licence smaller HMOs till then.
Greenwich says these with an current extra HMO licence can proceed to make use of this till the five-year expiry date – supplied an additional scheme is authorized. Any landlords who just lately submitted a licence software which has not been issued can apply for a refund.
Fly tipping
A assessment of the earlier scheme discovered it had been profitable in enhancing situations inside HMOs and native communities, with a discount in anti-social behaviour and fly tipping.
Nevertheless, not all landlords licensed their properties; in 2021 it estimated that there have been 5,000 HMOs within the borough however solely about 1,240 had a licence (669 of those have been extra licences) and the council hopes by extending the scheme it may safe wider compliance. Its report proposes that present licence charges of £408 will stay in place till April 2024.
In October, the borough launched its selective licensing scheme in Woolwich Riverside, Woolwich Frequent, Shooters Hill, Plumstead Frequent and Plumstead Glyndon wards.
The on-line session ends on 18th January.
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