Purpose

This
report sets out a proposal to consult on a Selective Licensing
Scheme in Wirral through re-designating two Selective Licensing
areas that have been in place since 2019 and are due to end on 31st
March 2024 and extending the scheme to include two further new
areas, both in East Wirral based on a robust evidence base for
selection.
 
Selective Licensing is a scheme to improve private rented sector
homes within specific designated neighbourhoods by requiring
private landlords to obtain a license and comply with certain
agreed conditions. A Business Case which supports the extension of
the scheme and relevant appendices are attached to this report.
Members are asked to agree that this evidence is the subject of a
10-week statutory consultation exercise to seek wider views on the
proposal.

Decision

Resolved  -
That
 
1.   The draft proposal for Selective Licesning be
approved in the following four areas from 1st April 2024
until 31st March 2029:
 
· 
Birkenhead West
· 
Seacombe St Paul’s
· 
Bidston and St James West
· 
Egremont North;
 
2.  The Business Case set out in Appendix One to
this report as the basis for the rationale for wider consultation
on Selective Licensing be approved;
 
3.  The consultation plan as set out in Appendix
Three of the Business Case be approved; and
 
4.  The Director of Regeneration and Place be
authorised to undertake any minor amendments to the Business Case
should further evidence be made available which should be included
in the consultation.