Gedling Borough Council has relaunched a public consultation to assess whether it should bring in a selective licensing policy to monitor and improve private rented homes in new parts of the borough. The authority initially launched a 12-week consultation at the end of 2020, with the plans to affect rental accommodation in parts of the Carlton Hill, Daybrook, Newstead Abbey and Colwick wards.
It followed a successful pilot of the same scheme in the Netherfield ward, which launched in October 2018. However, the Labour-led council put the plans on hold in January last year amid concerns over the Covid-19 pandemic – with new lockdown restrictions enforced and the vaccine rollout only just under way.
But now the authority has approved plans to relaunch the same consultation for a reduced four weeks in order to reassess whether the policy would work in the four borough areas. Selective licensing schemes are brought in across areas with high levels of rented properties, and aim to reduce anti-social behaviour and improve both housing standards and property conditions for tenants and landlords.
