Issue - decisions
Housing in Multiple Occupation: Additional Licensing
13/06/2013 - Housing in Multiple Occupation: Additional Licensing
(1) To AGREE that Appendix 5 (Legal Advice) constitutes exempt information according to the categories set out in the Local government Act 1972 (amended Schedule 12A) because it contains information in respect of which a claim to legal professional privilege could be maintained in legal proceedings, and therefore that the public interest is best served by exemption of the information;
(2) To INTRODUCE an additional licensing scheme, as detailed within the designation report, for a period of 5 years commencing on the 1st January 2014 with licence applications being accepted from 1st October 2013;
(3) To ADOPT the fee structure, as set out in the report, for both the additional licensing and the mandatory licensing schemes; and
(4) To ASK the Head of Housing to undertake the appropriate and statutory steps to enable the introduction of the proposed additional licensing scheme.