We have successfully defended a legal challenge to our selective and additional licensing schemes. Following this decision, we will now move forward with implementing the schemes. See the update in full here.
The Court of Appeal has upheld the decision of the High Court and so the claimant does not have permission to bring a claim for judicial review.
The Court of Appeal held that the claimant did not have standing to bring the claim and that the grounds were unarguable.
The stay on implementing the schemes has been lifted and permission to appeal to the Supreme Court was refused by the Court of Appeal.
The following PDF is a statutory public notice that we are required to publish on our website giving details of the start and end dates of the scheme.
Legal documents from 2023 relating to the additional licensing scheme
The following is a revocation notice issued in 2023 when the implementation date of the scheme was changed, the original designation and public notice this relates to is below.
The following is a document giving responses to the consultation for the additional licensing scheme.
Legal documents from 2023 relating to the selective licensing scheme
The following is a revocation notice issued in 2023 when the implementation date of the scheme was changed, the original designation and public notice this relates to is below.
The following is a document giving responses to the consultation for the additional licensing scheme.