East Midlands Property Owners (EMPO) has slammed a rise of more than 50% for the licence from £640 to £980.
They add that Nottingham’s city council was being unfair to landlords at a time when many are struggling.
Giles Inman, from EMPO, said: "We are not happy with the rise and we can't see how it can be justified."
The council says the licence fee has not risen for five years and that the money raised goes towards upholding the standards of rental properties in Nottingham.
Cllr Dave Liversidge said the rise was justified and added: “The money raised from the licence helps ensure that we can make the private rental properties ones in which tenants want to live.”
The planned increase will take effect from March 25.
Tenant whipped for missing rent
As a solution to making tenants pay their rent arrears, the actions of one frustrated landlord takes some beating.
Ron Kronenberger, from Waynesville in Ohio, USA, has been charged with assault after he allegedly took his belt to a tenant who owed him £1,800.
Police say he warned the tenant: “If you are going to act like a child, I am going to treat you like one.”
He then struck the tenant four times with his belt leaving marks and he is now facing an appearance in court and a possible jail sentence.
Gas fitters botch job
Peter Cavanagh, 57, and son Shane, 24, from Crewe, illegally traded as approved firm Gas Master when they installed central heating at a property in Market Drayton though they were not Gas Safe registered.
The tenant discovered a gas leak shortly after they carried out the work. An investigation revealed that Shane Cavanagh had issued a landlord’s gas safety record even though his registration had lapsed.
Shrewsbury Magistrates heard that his father Peter both worked as fitters and let their registrations lapse.
Peter Cavanagh pleaded guilty to breaching gas safety regulations and was sentenced to 18 weeks in prison, suspended for two years, with 240 hours of unpaid work.
Shane Cavanagh admitted breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act and was given an 18 month community order with 200 hours of unpaid work.
