Step by step guide for landlords and agents in Eastbourne for completing the application form for a property licence for Houses in Multiple Occupation.
Confidential Information
Part 5 of the application form aims to collect information on all persons named in Parts 1 to 4 of the form, to enable the council to determine if they (or any associate of those persons) are fit and proper persons.
All information will be treated as confidential and used only in connection with your application. The council has a legal obligation to ask the following questions and you must disclose information that you think may be relevant to your application.
Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
Under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 you are not required to provide details about previous convictions which are "spent". A conviction becomes spent after a certain length of time depending upon the sentence and your age at the time of conviction.
If you have any doubts about whether you have to declare a previous conviction, you should contact your local Probation Office or the Citizens’ Advice Bureau or your Solicitor.
Subject to the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, please state the particulars of any relevant issues recorded against any person named in Parts 1, 2, 3 or 4 of the application form, or any person associated or formerly associated on a personal or work basis with those named in Parts 1, 2, 3 or 4.
See more information in this section about relevant issues.
Will we refuse to issue a licence?
Answering yes to any of the questions will not necessarily mean that the council will refuse to issue a licence.
However, the council reserves the right to reject any person nominated as the proposed licence holder if they are not considered a fit and proper person.
Under such circumstances, somebody who is deemed to be a fit and proper person will have to be nominated to hold the HMO licence.
