Newham is to become the first borough in the country to apply licensing to all of its privately rented properties. Newham councillors approved this pioneering scheme at a Cabinet meeting on June 21st covering an estimated 35,000 private tenancies (one in three of all the borough’s households).
This is an essential reference source, providing an accessible entry into enforcement procedures for the complex body of UK environmental health law. The main legal procedures used in the environmental health field are presented as flow charts supported by explanatory text.
Clay’s Handbook of Environmental Health, since its first publication in 1933, has provided a definitive guide for the environmental health practitioner or reference for the consultant or student. This twentieth edition continues as a first point of reference, reviewing the core principles, techniques and competencies, and then outlining the specialist subjects.
Since the start of their new HMO Licensing Scheme Oxford City Council have received 1803 applications, with 1065 being received since the 1st January 2012. To put this into context, from 1st April 2006 to 23rd January 2011 they received a total of 658 applications.
Oxford City Council’s groundbreaking new powers for licensing houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) will start to license every HMO in the city from the end of the month.
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