landlords

17 Nov 2025

Stricter rules for thousands of homes

Landlords now face tougher rules if they want to convert family homes into rented rooms, after Ealing Council tightened planning controls. The council has …

16 Oct 2025

Standing up for the borough’s renters

Ealing Council believes that everyone deserves a safe, secure, and affordable place to call home. Yet for too many families in our borough, the …

7 Nov 2024

Hefty fine for landlord who broke planning rules

A Northolt landlord has been ordered by a court to pay more than £280,000 for illegally converting his suburban semi into self-contained flats. On …

20 Sep 2024

Council steps in on HMOs

Ealing Council is set to adopt new planning regulations which will give it more control over the rise in the number of houses in …

31 Aug 2023

Two rogue landlords hit by large fines

Two landlords have been handed hefty fines for breaching planning laws and ignoring warnings from Ealing Council. The two cases, which are not connected, …

28 Apr 2023

Rogue landlords prosecuted in latest clampdown

Two local landlords have been hit with huge bills totalling more than £600,000 for illegally converting houses into a series of cramped and substandard …

22 Feb 2023

A new aspect to housing support

31 new flats in Acton will shortly be let to their first tenants. They couldn’t have arrived at a better time, as inflation and …

4 Jan 2023

West London’s largest property licensing scheme begins

Ealing Council’s new private rented property licensing scheme came into force yesterday (Tuesday, 3 January), in a bid to drive up standards in homes …

3 Oct 2022

Green light for Ealing’s largest private rented property licensing scheme

The government’s Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities has approved Ealing Council’s plan to introduce a new private rented property licensing scheme across …

21 Oct 2021

Landlords hit with £290,000 fine

A married couple who are landlords from Southall have been ordered to pay over £290,000 after they failed to comply with a planning enforcement …

21 May 2020

Support for private renters and landlords during the COVID-19 pandemic

Many of the rules affecting private renters have been temporarily changed as part of the response to the ongoing COVID-19 emergency. During this time, …

13 Mar 2020

Reopen doors to empty homes

London’s housing crisis is deepening all the time. Yet there are some empty homes simply sitting unused. Ealing Council is doing all it can …

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