Response A1346090

Response to request for information

Reference

A1346090

Response date

26 November 2021

Request

1. How many housing units in your local authority do you estimate to be in the PRS?
2. Please state the year in which your local authority last carried out a Stock Condition Survey.
3. How many environmental health officers work for the local authority whose main job is to enforce standards in the private rented sector? (FTEs)
4. How much (£) did it cost a landlord to obtain a mandatory HMO licence for a single property occupied by five people in your local authority? Please exclude any discounts.
5. How many working days did it take for a typical mandatory HMO licence application to be processed and issued? Please write the typical number of working days from receipt to decision.
6. Is it your local authority’s policy to inspect a property before issuing a mandatory HMO licence?

Response

1. How many housing units in your local authority do you estimate to be in the PRS?
   • 6,000
2. Please state the year in which your local authority last carried out a Stock Condition Survey.
   • Not known approx mid 1990's.
3. How many environmental health officers work for the local authority whose main job is to enforce standards in the private rented sector? (FTEs)
   • 2 FTEs
4. How much (£) did it cost a landlord to obtain a mandatory HMO licence for a single property occupied by five people in your local authority? Please exclude any discounts.
   • £753
5. How many working days did it take for a typical mandatory HMO licence application to be processed and issued? Please write the typical number of working days from receipt to decision.
   • 28 days
6. Is it your local authority’s policy to inspect a property before issuing a mandatory HMO licence?
   • Yes