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838892

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Right to Manage Companies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the operation of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 in respect of the ability of those exercising the right to manage premises to meet their obligations to manage by applying to the head lessee to allow them to pursue forfeiture of those premises following a court judgment which is unable to be enforced by any legal means presently available to them.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL5532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government's Call for Evidence, '<em>Protecting consumers in the letting and managing agent market'</em>, which closed on 29 November 2017, included a question on how it can be made easier for leaseholders to exercise their right to manage. Any changes as a result of the findings to this question may have an impact on the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002. An announcement will be made in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 20/02/2018 17:39:08 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

838893

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Sub-letting: Greater London
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 28 September 2017 (HL1598), what discussions they have had with the Kensington Society about the impact on long-term residential tenants of the growth in the use of properties in London for short-term holiday lets; when the most recent discussions with that Society were held; and what plans they have to gather specific information about this practice.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL5533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government has not held discussions with the Kensington Society about the impact of short-term holiday lets on long-term residential tenants. The Government has no current plans to gather information on the use of short-term holiday lets in London but it does monitor broader trends in private rented housing through the English Housing Survey. It is right that Londoners should have similar rights as elsewhere in England and be free to sublet their homes where their tenancy, contract or mortgage allows.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 20/02/2018 17:15:16 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

838894

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Holiday Accommodation: Greater London
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 25 September 2017 (HL1596), how many London boroughs have sought authority to make a direction to remove the freedom to short-term let for 90 nights from properties in the last year; (1) on how many occasions, (2) in respect of how many properties, and (3) with what outcomes, such authority was sought; what process is available to long-term residential tenants to request that their borough commence that procedure; what obligation boroughs have to respond to any such request; and what efforts they have made to ensure London boroughs are aware of this procedure and have made information about it available to long-term residential tenants.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL5534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>Under section 25B of the of the Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1973, a local authority can seek Secretary of State’s consent to issue a direction that the right to short-term let without planning permission for up to 90 nights in a year is not to apply to particular residential properties or to residential premises situated in a specified area. No London borough has sought a consent in the last year.</p><p>Directions may only be given if it is necessary to protect the amenity of the locality. This is likely to be where there has been successful action against a statutory nuisance related to short-term letting; or there has been successful enforcement action against a breach of section 25 or 25A of the 1973 Act. If residents consider there are circumstances that would meet the criteria this can be raised with the relevant Borough. These criteria for giving a Direction are set out in the Planning Practice Guidance on the Gov.UK website <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/when-is-permission-required" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/when-is-permission-required</a> Paragraph: 111 Reference ID: 13-111-20160519.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 20/02/2018 17:38:40 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

838895

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Holiday Accommodation: Greater London
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 2 January (HL4357), what steps they are taking to gather information about how many properties are being used for short-term holiday lets in London; and of those properties already identified, how many are (1) previously long-term rental units, and (2) one bedroom properties.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL5535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government does not gather information on how many properties are being used for short-term holiday lets in London. Although it does not hold specific information on short-term holiday lets, it does monitor broader trends in private rented housing through the English Housing Survey. We do not have an estimate of those long-term rental units in London that have changed to or are additionally used for short term or holiday lets in the last five years.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 20/02/2018 17:16:55 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

838896

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Holiday Accommodation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government for how many nights in a year a one bedroom property can be rented out on short-term lets without any application for planning permission being made.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL5536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>Section 25 of the Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1973, as amended by section 44 of the Deregulation Act 2015 allows properties in London, which are liable for council tax, to be let out on a short-term basis for a maximum of 90 nights per calendar year without this being considered a material change of use for which planning permission is required (see section 25A of the 1973 Act). If these criteria are not met planning permission is required.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 20/02/2018 17:17:44 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

838897

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Holiday Accommodation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 28 September 2017 (HL1597), what plans they have to consult local authorities on the case for a register of short-term holiday let tenants.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL5537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>We have no such plans.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 20/02/2018 17:40:13 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes