Housing Privacy Notice from 25 May 2018 to 4 April 2022

This Privacy Notice was superseded on 5 April 2022
This version was valid from 25 May 2018 to 4 April 2022

Please see our full Privacy Notice

The reasons we use your data

  • To provide grants for disabled facilities in an applicant's home
  • To compulsory purchase properties
  • To acquire properties voluntarily
  • To support disabled people
  • To register houses in multiple occupation
  • To administer landlord accreditation schemes
  • To manage our Selective Licensing area
  • To investigate complaints of high hedges

Why we are allowed to use your data

Legal obligations or public task under various UK laws including but not limited to:

  • Care Act 2014
  • Care and Support (Charging and Assessment of Resources) Regulations 2014/2672
  • Care and Support (Continuity of Care) Regulations 2014/2825
  • Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970
  • Compulsory Purchase Act 1965
  • Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981
  • Highways Act 1980
  • Housing Act 1985
  • Housing Act 1996
  • Housing Act 2004
  • Housing and Planning Act 2016
  • Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996
  • Housing and Planning Act 2016
  • Land Compensation Development (England) Order 2012/634
  • Local Government Act 1972
  • Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976
  • Local Government and Housing Act 1989
  • Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980
  • Acquisition of Land Act 1981
  • Selective Licensing of Houses (Additional Conditions) (England) Order 2015/977
  • Slaughterhouses Act 1974
  • Town and Country Planning Act 1959
  • Town and Country Planning Act 1990
  • Town Development Act 1952

To protect vital interests – to support disabled people

Who we can share your data with

  • Contractors
  • Government departments
  • Internal departments
  • Other Local Authorities

When computers make any decisions about you

Not applicable

When your data gets sent to other countries

Not applicable


This Privacy Notice was superseded on 5 April 2022
This version was valid from 25 May 2018 to 4 April 2022

Please see our full Privacy Notice