Short-term lets: data collection specification

Data collection specification and example XML schema for the collection of licencing data for short-term lets.


Application details

This section gives the details for the fields related to the application details and describes each of the variables to be exported, their names, the acceptable responses, the values to be returned for those responses, and the automatic validation checks which will be performed by the ProcXed system when they are uploaded.

Date application received

 

XML Tag:

ApplicationDate

Description:

Date that the application for licence was received by the licencing authority

Format

Date (YYYY-MM-DD)

Validation

Mandatory

Date application determined valid

 

XML Tag:

ApplicationValidDate

Description:

Date that the application for licence was determined to be valid by the licencing authority

Format

Date (YYYY-MM-DD)

Validation

Mandatory (Optional when Application Status is “Invalid”)

Date application determined

 

XML Tag:

ApplicationCloseDate

Description:

Date that the application for licence was determined.

Format

Date (YYYY-MM-DD)

Validation

Mandatory except when application is still being determined, in which case should be left blank

Must be after licence applications opened.

Must not be after the present day.

Status of application

 

XML Tag:

ApplicationStatus

Description:

Description of the decision on the application for licence.

Format

List (two digits codes with leading zeros)

Validation

Mandatory (Optional if application is invalid)

Response

Code

Description

Granted - no additional conditions

01

Application has been granted, with no additional conditions other than those mandatory conditions which are required by legislation

Granted - with additional conditions

02

Application has been granted, with additional conditional added along with those mandatory conditions required by legislation

Withdrawn

03

Application has been withdrawn by the applicant

Pending determination

04

Application is being determined by the licencing authority

Revoked

05

Licence was granted, but subsequently revoked

Lapsed

06

Licence was granted, but has expired without renewal

Suspended

07

Licence was granted, but has been suspended

Refused

08

Application was refused licence by Local Authority

Invalid

09

Application did not contain sufficient information for determination

Reason for refusal or revocation

 

XML Tag:

ApplicationRefusalReason

(Multiple of these tags can be used, and these tags are themselves wrapped within ApplicationRefusalReasonList xml tags)

Description:

The reason for an application’s refusal or revocation.

Format

List (two digits codes with leading zeros)

Repeatable

Validation

Mandatory if application status is refused or revoked

All valid reasons should be selected

Reason for refusal

Code

Applicant not fit and proper

01

Premises not suitable

02

Planning permission required and not held

03

Cannot secure compliance with any other mandatory or additional licencing authority conditions

04

Other

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