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  4. Selective Licensing Consultation in Rotherham 2025 to 2030

Selective Licensing Consultation in Rotherham 2025 to 2030

In this section

  1. Your consultation
  2. What is Selective licensing?
  3. Does Selective Licensing work?
  4. Proposed areas
  5. You are here: What the Council wants to achieve
  6. How can the council support local landlords and tenants
  7. Alternative to Selective Licensing
  8. Proposed Licence Fees
  9. How can I become involved with the consultation?
  10. Exemptions from Selective Licencing
  11. Frequently Asked Questions

What the Council wants to achieve

Without Selective Licensing the Council only becomes aware of issues where residents complain, and a reactive response is delivered. In areas where residents are nervous about complaining, perhaps fearing a negative reaction from their landlord, resulting in them losing their homes, poor conditions can be masked.

Through Selective Licensing we can pro-actively ensure that private rented housing meets the minimum legal standards and that landlords manage properties properly. We can also ensure landlords play their part in helping improve the local environment by tackling tenants who cause problems with accumulations of waste and nuisance, supported by the use of tenancy agreements and enforcement tools.

This ensures homes are safe and healthy for tenants and areas improve for the benefit of residents and investors. Selective Licensing can improve the management of privately rented properties and contribute positively to improving neighbourhoods.

This in turn aims to:

  • make the area more attractive to residents
  • encourage people to stay in the area for longer
  • cut the length of time houses are empty
  • increase property values as the area improves
  • reduce crime and antisocial behaviour
  • increase the professionalism with which privately rented properties are managed
  • increase the demand for properties in the area
  • improve sustainability within the area

Selective Licensing is supporting the wider Council goals and policies to improve private sector housing, reduce homelessness, reduce antisocial behaviour and to ensure local neighbourhoods thrive.  

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