Burnley will be subject to selective landlord licensing for the first time, after councillors voted in favour of introducing a scheme in Padiham.

Under the new regulations proposed by Burnley Council, all private landlords in designated areas will be required to have a licence from the local authority to let properties in those areas.

Landlords who fail to apply for a licence will be committing a criminal offence.

The executive meeting also voted to renew selective landlord licensing in Burnley’s Trinity, Queensgate, Gannow, and Daneshouse and Stoneyholme areas from October.

The renewed scheme extends the number of streets covered in the Trinity, Queensgate, and Gannow wards.

Councillors agreed not to proceed with a sixth proposed designation in the Lyndhurst Road area of Burnley. But the housing team will monitor the area over the next 24 months.

Burnley Council operates two further licensing schemes in Burnley Wood with Healey Wood and the Leyland Road area, designated from 2022 to 2027.