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Welcome to the PDPLA
The PDPLA is an association of local landlords which aims to represent, educate and inform its members. We meet monthly to learn and share information important to local landlords and we represent our members needs and their concerns to local and national government. There are approximately 4,000 private landlords in Portsmouth and this doubles when you add in the surrounding area – this is a large group of people, yet historically we are an easy target for the press, for regulation and for taxation. We cannot promise to change that, but together, we can try.
Martin Silman
Chairman, PDPLA
Chairman, PDPLA
Latest News
Portsmouth Tightens HMO Rules
The Good News First We have long argued that Licensing schemes historically have a high cost for the good landlords who participate but allow the rogues to continue to operate below the radar, as Council resources focus on administration of the...
Private Landlords Tarred By Social Housing Failings
What We Originally Said To Fellow PRS Landlord Associations "I am hating all the bad press private landlords are getting because a Rotherham Housing Assoc didn't resolve a damp issue that led to the death of a toddler. I don't think I have...
Are you CLEUD Up?
How Do You Get A CLEUD? Article 39 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 sets out the contents of the application for a CLEUD and how it must be submitted. An application needs to describ...
Disaggregation – Clarification is coming, but not this year
What Is Disaggregation We covered that in some detail here but the short version: Put simply, a national government office known as the VOA (Valuation Office Agency) decides how properties are to be treated for council tax. When, say, an office block...
Heat Pumps - Not Such A Great Deal?
What Are The Economics? People often get confused by the maths involved but it is actually quite simple: - A gas boiler will be 80-90% efficient if setup and used properly (they rarely are but that is a different story) - A heat pump...
Disaggregation: A Glint of Hope
What is Proposed? You can see the proposed amendment here: Amendment NC7 to Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament Wendy Whittaker-Large, on the HMO and Council Tax Facebook group posted: "We are VER...
Member Offers and Events - November 2022
Extra 10% at TradePoint Get an extra 10% above your normal discount when ordering online before the 8th at B&Q TradePoint - also works for Click&Collect - full details here. Southampton University - Housing Affordability eve...
All Quiet On The Licensing Front
What Happens Next? We were expecting a proposal to be made at the housing cabinet meeting in November, but that has now been scheduled for December 8th – so we do not expect proposals to be made public until that week, either at the HMO Governa...
Naked Tenants Gas Disconnected After Police Arrive
The Full Story... When my tenant called to say the lath and plaster ceiling had crashed onto the floor, I rushed to the house only to find the rear end of a policeman disappearing through the lower panel of the front door. The theory is that it...
