Housing Act 1985

215 Service of improvement notice: other dwellings.

(1) Where the local housing authority have served a provisional notice in respect of a dwelling under section 212(1) (dwelling not in general improvement area or housing action area), they may, at any time before the expiry of the period of twelve months beginning with the date on which the representations of the occupying tenant were received by them under that section, serve an improvement notice on the person having control of the dwelling.

(2) Before serving an improvement notice under this section the authority shall satisfy themselves that—

(a) the general conditions for service of an improvement notice in respect of the dwelling are still met,

(b) the dwelling ought to be improved to the full standard or, as the case may be, to the reduced standard and is unlikely to be so improved unless the authority exercise their compulsory improvement powers, and

(c) the housing arrangements are satisfactory or none are required or the occupying tenant has unreasonably refused to enter into any housing arrangements.

(3) Where an authority serve an improvement notice under this section on the person having control of a dwelling, they shall at the same time serve a copy of the notice on any occupying tenant of the dwelling and on every other person who, to the knowledge of the authority, is an owner, lessee or mortgagee of the dwelling.

(4) An improvement notice served under this section is a local land charge.