Private Landlord and Tenant Consultation

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The Council's Private Sector Housing Enforcement Policy is changing to incorporate new legislation, and to ensure that our existing policies are effective at protecting the health safety and welfare of tenants.

We are consulting on changes to the existing Private Sector Housing Enforcement Policy to empower the Council to fully utilise legislation that has recently been introduced, and to improve how the Council currently uses its enforcement powers. The proposed changes are designed to ensure that the Council uses its enforcement powers in a manner which is proportionate to risk, expedient, efficient, consistent and fair.

This consultation closes on the 27 May 2022

The current policy can be found here

The draft policy can be found here

Why is the policy being amended?

We review and amend the Policy from time to time to ensure that it remains transparent and is up to date.

Over recent years new legislation has been introduced which enables the Council to regulate the condition of private rented homes in different ways, and we are committed to continually review how we use this legislation. It is therefore time to update the policy to take account of these legislative changes but also a good time to amend areas of the policy to make improvements and adjustments to ensure that we are using our enforcement powers in the best way.

The consultation seeks your views on the most notable changes of the policy. We would also like your views on whether the Council should be doing more to regulate conditions in the Private Rented Sector.

The consultation has now closed. We are currently analysing the results and will report these in due course.

The Council's Private Sector Housing Enforcement Policy is changing to incorporate new legislation, and to ensure that our existing policies are effective at protecting the health safety and welfare of tenants.

We are consulting on changes to the existing Private Sector Housing Enforcement Policy to empower the Council to fully utilise legislation that has recently been introduced, and to improve how the Council currently uses its enforcement powers. The proposed changes are designed to ensure that the Council uses its enforcement powers in a manner which is proportionate to risk, expedient, efficient, consistent and fair.

This consultation closes on the 27 May 2022

The current policy can be found here

The draft policy can be found here

Why is the policy being amended?

We review and amend the Policy from time to time to ensure that it remains transparent and is up to date.

Over recent years new legislation has been introduced which enables the Council to regulate the condition of private rented homes in different ways, and we are committed to continually review how we use this legislation. It is therefore time to update the policy to take account of these legislative changes but also a good time to amend areas of the policy to make improvements and adjustments to ensure that we are using our enforcement powers in the best way.

The consultation seeks your views on the most notable changes of the policy. We would also like your views on whether the Council should be doing more to regulate conditions in the Private Rented Sector.

The consultation has now closed. We are currently analysing the results and will report these in due course.

  • CLOSED: This survey has concluded.

    Please complete our short survey to give your views on on the draft Private Sector Housing Enforcement Policy. This survey will close on the 27/05/2022.

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    We will use the information you provide to inform the outcome of the consultation.

    The Data Controller for the information you provide in this survey is Cornwall Council, New County Hall, Treyew Road, Truro TR1 3AY. Data Protection Registration Number: Z1745294. Once the survey has closed, your data will be held within Cornwall Council’s secure network and premises for up to 2 years. Where we ask you to supply personal data on this form, we will only make access to this data available to authorised members of staff who are required to process it for the purposes outlined in this privacy notice. Please note that other information you provide, such as responses to open questions, may be published in full.

    An overview of the survey results will be shared on our website.


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