Managing Trustees in Wales will be pleased to learn that Rent Smart Wales has now finished processing TMCP’s application for a landlord licence and the licence has been granted. This completes the landlord’s registration and licensing pro...

Local housing authorities (LHAs) in England and Wales have the power to designate the whole or any part or parts of their area as subject to “selective licensing” under Part 3 of the Housing Act 2004 (2004 Act). This means that privately...

The Licence and Booking Form templates for use of premises for Christian worship under Model Trust 14(2A) have been approved by the Connexional Team and are now available on TMCP’s website together with accompanying guidance. Do other Christ...

Anyone concerned by or interested in the proposed HS2 high speed rail link should be aware that following the announcement of the route in July 2017 the Government are now holding information events at various venues. These events will provide inform...

Managing Trustees may find themselves approached by service providers, e.g. telecoms, utilities or fibre broadband companies that wish to install pipe, cable or communication apparatus under, over or on Church land. If the Managing Trustees are wi...

The Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes and the Connexional Team have been putting together a tender document to send out to a number of law firms that have either worked with local Methodist Churches, Circuits and Districts or that have relevant...

Lease or Licence? The difference between a lease and a licence is that a lease is an interest in land granting the right to exclusive possession of land for a determinable period of time whereas a licence is simply a personal right granting permis...