Issue - meetings

The Chairman introduced the report which sought approval to commence a public consultation for the renewal of the borough-wide additional licensing scheme for certain houses in multiple occupation due to expire on 4^th July 2021 and to implement three selective licensing schemes for other types of private rented properties in certain wards, noting that as a result of the new ward boundaries taking effort from May 200, these will change slightly but the schemes will, in any event, specify the affected roads. 

Followingconsiderationofthe item,theChairmanmovedto voteon theOfficer’srecommendationsas outlined in the report.

Thevotes were recorded asfollows:

RESOLVED that the committee:

1)    Noted the findings of the review of the existing additional licensing scheme in Appendix 1.

2)    Approved the commencement of a minimum 12-week public consultation on the proposal to renew the existing borough-wide additional licensing scheme, applicable to the types of properties as set out in paragraph 2.8 of the report, for a further 5 years.

3)    Approved the commencement of a minimum 12-week public consultation on the proposal to introduce three selective licensing schemes as described in paragraphs 2.84-2.88 of this report.

4)    Noted that subject to the above consultations taking place, a future report will be brought to the committee setting out the results of the statutory consultations and potentially seeking further approvals with a view to implementation of the licensing schemes.