Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing
Brent fines HMO manager £50,000 over Wembley overcrowding
Brent Council has fined a Wembley HMO manager £50,000 after more than 20 people were found in a property licensed for fewer than half that number.
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Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing
Bristol court orders £58,271 over HMO licence and repair breaches
Bristol Magistrates’ Court has ordered a landlord to pay more than £58,000 after HMO licensing, repair and management offences.
Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing
Propertymark challenges landlord fine uplifts in Bath and Gosport
Propertymark’s 14 September response challenges proposed landlord-fine uplifts in Bath and Gosport, warning that portfolio size alone should not increase a penalty.
Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing
West Suffolk keeps £7,500 landlord electrical safety fine
West Suffolk Council kept a £7,500 landlord fine after a tribunal backed enforcement over 21 electrical safety defects and said the penalty could have been higher.
Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing
Bristol City Council adds landlord fines up to £35,000
Bristol City Council has adopted a revised civil penalty policy that allows landlord fines up to £35,000, with the highest bands aimed at unlawful eviction, harassment and serious private housing breaches from 1 May 2026.
Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing
NRLA: councils collect only 25% of landlord fines
NRLA data shows councils in England are collecting only 24.9 percent of civil penalties issued to private landlords, just as tougher HHSRS on-the-spot fines move into force.
Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing
Hyde Park Gate retrial leaves HMO operator with £62,177 bill
A Hyde Park Gate landlord and his property management company were left with a combined £62,176.68 bill after a retrial over an unsafe 22-room HMO, with fresh costs and penalties imposed after the latest ruling.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Landlords face live £7,000 overheating hazard fines
Government HHSRS guidance now leaves landlords exposed to fines of up to £7,000 for serious overheating hazards, with the new enforcement route live as summer temperatures rise.
Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing
Lincoln council fines landlord £4,000 over dangerous HMO
City of Lincoln Council has fined a landlord £4,000 after seven HMO management breaches were found at a property with fire safety failures, electrical risks, damp and disrepair.
Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing
Tribunal blocks Waltham Forest landlord penalty over six-month limit
Waltham Forest Council has lost an Upper Tribunal appeal after trying to uphold a £15,600 financial penalty against a landlord over an unlicensed HMO, in…
Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing
Sefton Council prosecution leaves landlord company with £6,600 bill
Sefton Council says a landlord-owned company was left with a £6,600 bill after pleading guilty to running an unlicensed rented property.
Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing
Southend landlord fined £25,224 over unsafe rental
Southend Council has secured a £25,224.39 court bill against a landlord who rented out an unsafe property despite a live Prohibition Order and without the…
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Councils told to take proactive line on RRA enforcement
Ministers have told councils they should take a proactive approach to enforcing the Renters’ Rights Act, sharpening the government’s line on how local authorities are…
Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing
Exclusive: FOI reveals £5.2m in landlord fines as six councils fail to disclose totals
FOI findings show councils issued 864 civil penalties worth £4.95m to landlords, while eight authorities still had not provided substantive figures.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Landlords face faster council enforcement after RRA
Landlords face a tougher enforcement climate after the Renters’ Rights Act, with council policies allowing formal action to move faster where officers believe there are…
