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What period and facts govern tenant pet-request response in England and Wales?

Section 16A ordinarily requires a written consent or refusal by the twenty-eighth day after the request, with its stated delayed-response branches. Timely further-information and superior-landlord consent steps can alter the endpoint. An agreed date and multiple qualifying extensions require their actual facts.

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Period
Section 16A ordinarily requires a written consent or refusal by the twenty-eighth day after the request, with its stated delayed-response branches
Trigger
The actual written request describing the pet and any timely further-information or superior-consent event
Rule
Housing Act 1988 section 16A
Housing Act 1988 section 16A

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Housing Act 1988 section 16A. Section 16A ordinarily requires a written consent or refusal by the twenty-eighth day after the request, with its stated delayed-response branches. Timely further-information and superior-landlord consent steps can alter the endpoint. An agreed date and multiple qualifying extensions require their actual facts. The tenant pet-request response source guide supplies no computed date or paid calculation.

Housing Act 1988 section 16A

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What period and facts govern tenant pet-request response in England and Wales?

Section 16A ordinarily requires a written consent or refusal by the twenty-eighth day after the request, with its stated delayed-response branches. Timely further-information and superior-landlord consent steps can alter the endpoint. An agreed date and multiple qualifying extensions require their actual facts.

Responsible actor. The landlord receiving a qualifying written pet request under the applicable England assured-tenancy regime.

The actual written request describing the pet and any timely further-information or superior-consent event

Timely further-information and superior-landlord consent steps can alter the endpoint. An agreed date and multiple qualifying extensions require their actual facts.

The landlord receiving a qualifying written pet request under the applicable England assured-tenancy regime. Section 16A ordinarily requires a written consent or refusal by the twenty-eighth day after the request, with its stated delayed-response branches. Timely further-information and superior-landlord consent steps can alter the endpoint. An agreed date and multiple qualifying extensions require their actual facts.

Housing Act 1988 section 16A

How does this provision count time?

  1. Section 16A ordinarily requires a written consent or refusal by the twenty-eighth day after the request, with its stated delayed-response branches
  2. Give the tenant written consent or refusal through the applicable statutory branch.
  3. Timely further-information and superior-landlord consent steps can alter the endpoint. An agreed date and multiple qualifying extensions require their actual facts.

Section 16A ordinarily requires a written consent or refusal by the twenty-eighth day after the request, with its stated delayed-response branches. Preserve the exact statutory month, year or day wording and the established event. The actual written request describing the pet and any timely further-information or superior-consent event.

For tenant pet-request response, establish the applicable property or agreement regime and the actual document or performance event. A closed court day does not itself extend this separate regulatory requirement.

Housing Act 1988 section 16A

Which facts prevent one automatic date?

Housing Act 1988 section 16A. Section 16A ordinarily requires a written consent or refusal by the twenty-eighth day after the request, with its stated delayed-response branches. Timely further-information and superior-landlord consent steps can alter the endpoint. An agreed date and multiple qualifying extensions require their actual facts. The tenant pet-request response source guide supplies no computed date or paid calculation.

ResultRead the operative provision and establish the applicable branch.

The landlord receiving a qualifying written pet request under the applicable England assured-tenancy regime has records of the actual written request describing the pet and any timely further-information or superior-consent event. Section 16A ordinarily requires a written consent or refusal by the twenty-eighth day after the request, with its stated delayed-response branches. Give the tenant written consent or refusal through the applicable statutory branch. Timely further-information and superior-landlord consent steps can alter the endpoint. An agreed date and multiple qualifying extensions require their actual facts. Establish the complete tenant pet-request response branch before selecting an endpoint.

The proposed tenant pet-request response completion encounters a closed office, weekend or disputed effective event. Section 16A ordinarily requires a written consent or refusal by the twenty-eighth day after the request, with its stated delayed-response branches. Preserve the exact statutory month, year or day wording and the established event. The actual written request describing the pet and any timely further-information or superior-consent event. For tenant pet-request response, establish the applicable property or agreement regime and the actual document or performance event. A closed court day does not itself extend this separate regulatory requirement. Resolve effective completion for tenant pet-request response under the actual source. No substitute date is computed.

Timely further-information and superior-landlord consent steps can alter the endpoint. An agreed date and multiple qualifying extensions require their actual facts. The actual written request describing the pet and any timely further-information or superior-consent event. Section 16A ordinarily requires a written consent or refusal by the twenty-eighth day after the request, with its stated delayed-response branches. Give the tenant written consent or refusal through the applicable statutory branch. Preserve this tenant pet-request response qualification before relying on a purported final date.

Which conditions and exceptions apply?

Actor and completed tenant pet-request response step
The landlord receiving a qualifying written pet request under the applicable England assured-tenancy regime. Give the tenant written consent or refusal through the applicable statutory branch.
Controlling tenant pet-request response event and material branch
The actual written request describing the pet and any timely further-information or superior-consent event. Timely further-information and superior-landlord consent steps can alter the endpoint. An agreed date and multiple qualifying extensions require their actual facts.
Counting and completion for tenant pet-request response
Section 16A ordinarily requires a written consent or refusal by the twenty-eighth day after the request, with its stated delayed-response branches. Preserve the exact statutory month, year or day wording and the established event. The actual written request describing the pet and any timely further-information or superior-consent event. For tenant pet-request response, establish the applicable property or agreement regime and the actual document or performance event. A closed court day does not itself extend this separate regulatory requirement.
Housing Act 1988 section 16A
  • The landlord receiving a qualifying written pet request under the applicable England assured-tenancy regime. Section 16A ordinarily requires a written consent or refusal by the twenty-eighth day after the request, with its stated delayed-response branches. Timely further-information and superior-landlord consent steps can alter the endpoint. An agreed date and multiple qualifying extensions require their actual facts.
  • Tenant pet-request response concerns give the tenant written consent or refusal through the applicable statutory branch. Its the actual written request describing the pet and any timely further-information or superior-consent event must be established independently of a neighboring procedure’s event.

What must the responsible actor complete?

Questions about this procedure

What period and facts govern tenant pet-request response in England and Wales?

What period governs tenant pet-request response?

Section 16A ordinarily requires a written consent or refusal by the twenty-eighth day after the request, with its stated delayed-response branches. Timely further-information and superior-landlord consent steps can alter the endpoint. An agreed date and multiple qualifying extensions require their actual facts.

Housing Act 1988 section 16A

Which event controls tenant pet-request response?

The actual written request describing the pet and any timely further-information or superior-consent event. The landlord receiving a qualifying written pet request under the applicable England assured-tenancy regime must preserve the event evidence.

Housing Act 1988 section 16A

What completes tenant pet-request response?

Give the tenant written consent or refusal through the applicable statutory branch. The completion must match the actual source procedure.

Housing Act 1988 section 16A

What makes the tenant’s request qualify?

Section 16B(3) requires writing and a description of the pet. The request date cannot be inferred from an unrelated conversation.

Housing Act 1988 section 16B

Can every request for information extend the response time indefinitely?

Section 16A requires the specified timely reasonable information request. Its delayed-response branch depends on the actual provision of the requested information.

Housing Act 1988 section 16A

Does the pet-request regime apply to every social tenancy?

Section 16A excludes its specified social-housing branch. Establish the actual tenancy and commencement scope before using the ordinary response period.

Housing Act 1988 section 16A

Official sources and review

Provisions used (3)
Provisions used in this guide
ProvisionPurpose
Housing Act 1988 section 16ACheck the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification
Housing Act 1988 section 16BCheck the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification
Renters’ Rights Act 2025 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2026 regulation 2Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification
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