Housing Privacy Notice 5 April 2022 to 22 February 2023

This Privacy Notice was superseded on 5 April 2022

This version was valid from 5 April 2022 to 22 February 2023

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
  • To undertake the councils roles and responsibilities under the governments Home For Ukraine sponsorship scheme

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
  • Nationality Immigration and Asylum Act 2002
  • Immigration and Asylum Act 1999

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


Please see our full Privacy Notice

This Privacy Notice was superseded on 5 April 2022

This version was valid from 5 April 2022 to 22 February 2023