Nearly 30,000 applications* have been made by private residential landlords to Newham Council. So far Newham has carried out 750 enforcement visits, issued 1200 warning letters, and handed out 50 cautions. Thirty prosecutions, at various stages of the legal process, have been pursued since the scheme started.
This week at theEHP we report on an opinion, prosecutions & RPT Decisions.
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In a recent noise enforcement forum questions were raised over the use of unqualified and inexperienced personnel to investigate and make determinations of statutory nuisance on behalf of local authorities. In particular, concerns centred around the possibility of legal challenges on appeal of a notice or during criminal proceedings. This article provides some discussion on some of the issues involved.
This week at theEHP we report on the effects of a volatile rental market and prosecutions.
The CIEH and the University of Greenwich have published a professional guidance document ‘Effective Strategies and Interventions: environmental health and the private housing sector’.
A new report from Shelter claims to have uncovered the damaging impact of a childhood spent in England’s volatile private rental market.
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