Scarborough landlords are being asked to comment on renewing two selective licensing schemes, covering 2,500 private rented properties in the seaside town.
A consultation into the plans, covering parts of the Castle, Northstead and the Falsgrave and Stepney areas, runs until 10th November and would take effect on 1st June 2024.
The proposed scheme will be a renewal of the Scarborough North designation, which ended last year, and the Scarborough Central designation which finishes next May.
There has been some adjustment of the boundaries of the schemes and some streets have been removed, but other new streets added.
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North Yorkshire Council’s executive member for culture, arts and housing, councillor Simon Myers, says: “Through the consultation we are looking to obtain the views of all those who could be affected by the proposed scheme.
“If adopted, it will be important in helping to uplift and regenerate the inner urban area of Scarborough and stimulate future investment.”
A £700 licence fee has been proposed and, because some parts of the new area are already subject to selective licensing under the previous schemes, those previously licenced, compliant properties would pay less.
In 2021, Scarborough won Secretary of State approval to extend its selective licensing scheme, covering parts of Weaponness and Ramshill ward from May 2022. Known as Scarborough South, it covers about 1,100 private rented properties.
Last year, LandlordZONE reported how landlords in the town were moving away from the PRS and into holiday lets after becoming fed up with shouldering rent arrears, bad tenants and government policies, resulting in a renting crisis.
