This Week at theEHP: 25 June – 29 June

by | Jun 29, 2012 | This Week at theEHP |

This Week at theEHP: 25 June – 29 June

Welcome to This Week at theEHP, a summary of the articles that appeared on the site over the last week.

This week at theEHP we report on a new Scottish body food standards, regulatory overload, a disappointed NLA, prosecutions & a RPT Decision.

 
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Newham councillors approved a pioneering scheme to licence all of its privately rented properties. This will cover an estimated 35,000 private tenancies (one in three of all the borough’s households). The scheme is due to come into force on January 1st 2013. Full details and lots of supporting info available here.

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Environmental Protection

Environmental Protection: Man prosecuted for dog fouling offence
A Preston man has pleaded guilty to failing to comply with an abatement notice relating to excessive dog fouling from his premises.

Food Safety

Food Safety: A new Scottish body Food standards
Ministers have announced plans to create a new food standards body in Scotland. The new Scottish body will cover food safety, food standards, nutrition, food labelling and meat inspection.



Health & Safety

Health & Safety: HSE prosecutions in brief 25 June – 29 June
Welcome to HSE prosecutions in brief. A selection of this weeks prosecutions by the HSE.

Health & Safety: Cleveland Cable fined £27,000 after two employees injured
A MIDDLESBROUGH-based cable supply company has been fined £27,500 after two accidents where their employees were injured at work. Cleveland Cable was found guilty of breaching health and safety laws after the incidents at its Riverside Park site in 2010.

Housing

Housing: Landlord prosecuted for serious health & safety breaches
Camden Council has successfully prosecuted a landlord for failing to license a property she had divided into separate dwellings without installing safe fire exits and fire alarms.

Housing: RLA – Private rented sector faces gross regulatory overload
The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has warned that the sector faces “gross regulatory overload” that serves only to drive up rents at a time when tenants can least afford it.

Housing: NLA deeply disappointed by Newham’s “blanket approach”
Commenting on Newham Council’s proposals to introduce borough wide landlord licensing, David Salusbury, Chairman of the National Landlords Association said:

“It is deeply disappointing that the London Borough of Newham has taken the decision to license all landlords in its area….

Housing: Newham gets green light to licence all private landlords
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).



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Training: Increase rent the proper way

Training: How to draft section 21 notices

How to win deposit disputes – An essential guide for landlords

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RPT Decisions

RPT Decision: Prohibition Order Appeal (LON/00BG/HPO/2012/0005)
Respondent: London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Applicant: Mr H Rahman & Ms S El-Ghazouani
Subject Property: Flat 3. Spinnaker House, 2 Byng Street, E14 8LQ

This case involves an Appeal against a Prohibition Order served by London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The Prohibition Order related to Category 1 hazards such as Excess Cold, Damp and Mould and Electrical hazards. The London Panel quashed the Prohibition Order.

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