Selective license update

Story: Douglas Johnson & Carrie Hedderwick

Sheffield City Council has released figures about its selective licensing scheme in Page Hall.

Any landlord now has to apply for a licence to let houses in a defined area. A license costs £750 and is required for each of the 350 rented houses in the area.

The council has now received 255 applications and approved 225. It has had 85 requests for exemption and has approved 51.

The council is bringing prosecutions in 15 cases.

Logged in users of the website can add comments to this page.
Login to this site if you'd like to add a comment. Sign-up for an account if you are not currently a member.

<< | Up | >>

Print version

The content on this page was added to the website by Priya Blackham on 2015-03-23 13:30:01.
The content of the page was last modified by Priya Blackham on 2015-03-23 13:30:25.

Follow us on Twitter @TheBMessenger

All content is copyright © Burngreave Messenger Ltd. or its voluntary contributors, unless otherwise stated, not to be reproduced without permission. If you have any comments, or are interested in contributing to the Messenger and getting involved, please contact us.

Burngreave Messenger Ltd. Abbeyfield Park House, Abbeyfield Road, Sheffield S4 7AT.
Telephone: 0114 242 0564. Email: mail@burngreavemessenger.org
Company Limited by Guarantee: 04642734
Registered Charity: 1130836

The Burngreave Messenger is a community newspaper with editorial independence, funded by the Big Lottery, Foyle Foundation, Trusthouse Charitable Foundation, the Garfield Weston Foundation, the Scurrah Wainwright Charity, local residents and our advertisers.

Help the Messenger with a donation