Issue - decisions
Selective Licensing in the Private Rented Sector - Update
24/10/2017 - Selective Licensing in the Private Rented Sector - Update
RESOLVED that:
9.1 The identified inconsistencies in the original report of 19 June 2017 and the required amendments be noted. In particular, Preston ward was included in Designation Area 4 and Queensbury ward in Designation Area 6 and that no rectifications were required regarding Designation Areas 1, 3 and 5;
9.2 The legal requirements for introducing Selective Licensing be agreed by way of clarification on the grounds of anti-social behaviour (ASB) and/or migration and/or deprivation and/or poor housing conditions and/or high levels of crime have been met with regard to three of the six selective licensing designation areas as summarised in table 6 in paragraph 10.16 of the report to Cabinet dated 19 June 2017, which covered the following Council wards:
i) Brondesbury Park (designation 2 on grounds of migration, anti-social behaviour and high level of crime);
ii) Alperton, Barnhill, Sudbury, Tokyngton, Preston (designation 4 on grounds of anti-social behaviour and poor housing conditions);
iii) Fryent, Kenton, Northwick Park, Queensbury (designation 6 on grounds of anti-social behaviour and migration).
9.3 Subject to paragraph 9.2 above and by way of clarification, the designation of three areas for selective licensing, namely Designation Areas 2, 4 and 6 be authorised to last for five years from the date of designation. These would cover the following Council wards as shaded in blue and marked D2, D4 and D6 on the map at paragraph 4.6 of the Cabinet report, namely:
i) Brondesbury Park (designation area 2);
ii) Alperton, Barnhill, Sudbury, Tokyngton, Preston (designation area 4);
iii) Fryent, Kenton, Northwick Park, Queensbury (designation area 6).
9.4 Consent be sought from the Secretary of State for the designation for Selective Licensing of the three designation areas 2, 4 and 6 as referred to in paragraphs 9.2 and 9.3 above and that this consent application in relation to designation areas 2, 4 and 6 would be submitted in addition to the application for consent which had been submitted to the Secretary of State following the Cabinet’s decision of 19 June 2017;
9.5 Authority to issue the required statutory notifications in respect if designation areas 2, 4 and 6 as referred to in paragraphs 9.2 and 9.3 above in relation to the Selective Licensing Scheme designations be delegated to the Strategic Director of Community Wellbeing, in consultation with the Lead Member for Housing and Welfare Reform; and
9.6 Subject to consent being obtained from the Secretary of State, and the issue of statutory notifications, the Strategic Director of Community Wellbeing, in consultation with the lead member for housing and welfare reform be authorised to decide the date from which the council will begin to accept applications for Selective Licensing for the Designation Areas 2, 4 and 6 and the date on which those three designations will come into effect.