Last updated: 1 April 2026
The Housing Act 2004 confers the right for the city council to recover expenses it has incurred in serving formal enforcement notices. This includes Improvement notices, Prohibition orders, Hazard Awareness Notices, Emergency remedial action, Emergency Prohibition orders, and demolition orders.
The expenses which can be recovered relate to the cost of officer time, and include determining whether to serve the notice, identifying any action to be served in the notice, and serving the notice.
The following charges will be applied from 1st April 2026, and a “Demand for Payment of expenses/costs” issued upon service of the following Enforcement Notices:
| Notice Type | Charge Per Notice/ Order |
|---|---|
| Serving an improvement notice under Section 11 or 12 (includes suspended notices) | £746 |
| Making a prohibition order under Section 20 or 21 (includes suspended orders) | £835 |
| Serving a hazard awareness notice under Section 28 or 29 | £746 |
| Taking emergency remedial action under Section 40 | £835 |
| Making an emergency prohibition order under Section 43 | £792 |
| Making a demolition order under Section 265 of the Housing Act 1985 (c. 68) | £802 |
| Review of suspended improvement notices (Section 17) and suspended prohibition orders (Section 26) | £203 |