26 August 2022
Your questions
1. does your local authority currently operate a selective licensing scheme? If so, what kind of designation is it i.e., city wide/borough wide/single designation/multi designation.
2. is your local authority currently running/about to run a consultation for selective licensing and/or launching a selective licensing scheme in the next 12 months?
3. does your local authority currently operate an additional licensing scheme? If so, what kind of designation is it i.e., city wide/borough wide/single designation/multi designation.
4. is your local authority currently running/about to run a consultation for selective licensing and/or launching an additional licensing scheme in the next 12 months?
5. as part of the authority's council tax registration process, do you collect data on property tenure? Please specify which of the following options applies: Yes for all tenures Yes for rental properties only Yes for council/social housing properties only No (please give reasons why).
6 which council department/services can access the tenure/landlord data?
7. if you limit which departments can access this data, for what reasons do you do so?
8. is the landlord data used when assessing the size of the private rented sector?
9. does your local authority have any Article 4 Directions currently in place for HMOs? (C3 to C4)
10. if answered yes to Question 9, what kind of designation is it? Please specify which of the following options applies:
- single designation of an area
- multiple designation of an area
- Borough/city wide designation
Our response
- no
- yes there will be consultation within the next 12 months
- It is borough wide scheme
- yes there will be a consultation within the next 12 months
- yes for all tenures
- any department or service can request access or reporting from the council tax database. This request may or may not be granted
- requests are considered in line with GDPR and Data Protection guidance
- the data could be used for this purpose if required
- Lambeth Council does not have any Article 4 Directions in place for HMOs.