Selective Licensing Scheme consultation begins today

Following the meticulous and time-consuming process of collating all the required data and building up a strong evidence base Durham County Council's cabinet agreed last month to progress the council's Selective Licensing Scheme to the public consultation stage with the intention of establishing the scheme in full later this year, subject to approval by the Secretary of State (please see post dated Thursday 16 January 2020 for background information, including full details of the report submitted to Durham County Council’s cabinet). 

We have now received confirmation that the statutory 10 week period of public consultation will begin today, Monday 17 February 2020. Full details of the process, including a link to the online survey, are reproduced below:

Following Cabinet’s approval, consultation for Selective Licensing will be taking place across the county over the next 10 weeks. Consultation will include drop-ins for local residents and  two landlord consultations as well as staff drop-ins and an online/paper survey.  We will have staff available at drop-ins to assist with the completion of the online survey as well as paper copies being available. 

The online survey can be completed from Monday 17 February 2020 and can be found at:

Consultation on licensing of privately rented homes in some areas of the county

The deadline for comments is 5pm on Monday 27 April 2020.

**Please note the Blackhall drop-in session is to be held later this month and the venue will be confirmed later this week**