Issue details

Issue details

Contract for Selective Licensing Property Inspections

Permission to enter into a contract with Buckingham Futures, for £790,500 for 1 year (with an option to extend for up to three years in total) as part the Selective Licensing scheme.

This will deliver up to 1,300 property licensing Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) inspections per annum for 12 months with an option to extend up to 2 additional 12 months periods based on performance and at the Council’s entire discretion. If extended to give three years total, the expected total inspections to be around 3,900. These inspections will be lower risk properties allowing the council to focus resources on enforcement of the scheme.

Decision type: Key

Reason Key: Expenditure, income or savings of £750,000 or greater;

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Notice of proposed decision first published: 30/06/2025

Decision due: Not before 29 Jul 2025 by Cabinet Member for Housing and Communities

Lead member: Councillor Linda Smith, Cabinet Member for Housing and Communities cllrlsmith@oxford.gov.uk

Lead director: Director of Planning and Regulatory Services

Contact: Kate Beeching, Programme and Partnership Manager Courtney Bennett, Regulatory Services Manager, Email: cbennett@oxford.gov.uk Email: kbeeching@oxford.gov.uk.

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