A letting agent and regulation agency will take Leicester Metropolis Council to courtroom for charging buy-to-let landlords onerous licensing charges of £1,290 per property.
Leicester’s greatest letting agent Martin & Co, in partnership with regulation agency JMP Solicitors, will launch the authorized motion in mid-July, The Telegraph studies.
Jason Good of JMP Solicitors mentioned: “We don’t settle for that the costs being rendered are truthful and cheap. They’re penal, sporadic and inconsistent.”
At the moment round 60 landlords have joined the trigger, although Good predicted that quantity to achieve 100 by the tip of the month.
The £1,290 cost is seen as excessive each in comparison with different components of the UK, in addition to contemplating Leicester’s rental costs, which stand at a month-to-month common of £989 monthly.
Landlord licensing schemes are generally used to fund inspections, enforcement motion, and councils argue they elevate the standard of rental inventory in a given space.
In December the brand new Labour authorities enabled native authorities to introduce schemes masking bigger areas with no need approval from the Secretary of State.
