Rent repayment orders in Southwark
What the tribunal ordered in Southwark
43 decisions (31 ended in a rent repayment order). In 31 the amount ordered has been checked.
| All | Before 5 Sep 2022 | Since 5 Sep 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ended in a rent repayment order | 76% 31 of 41 | 92% 12 of 13 | 68% 19 of 28 |
| Typical amount ordered, per applicant | £4,750 n=31 | £5,556 n=12 | £4,538 n=19 |
| Typical amount ordered, per decision | £10,575 n=31, typically 3 applicants | £15,525 n=12, typically 3 applicants | £9,075 n=19, typically 2 applicants |
| Typical share of the maximum the tribunal could award | 67% n=22 | 100% n=7 | 60% n=15 |
No decision here yet concerns an offence on or after 1 May 2026, when the maximum rose to 24 months' rent. Every figure is under the old rules, where the maximum was 12 months' rent.
"Per applicant" divides what the tribunal ordered in a decision by the number of applicants in it; "per decision" is the total ordered across all of them, as the decision states it.
"Typical" is the median. n is the number of decisions each figure comes from. Figures from fewer than 5 decisions are shown as "too few".
The Upper Tribunal set out how the amount is fixed in Acheampong v Roman on 5 September 2022.
By offence
| Offence | Decisions | Ended in an order | Typical amount ordered, per applicant | Typical amount ordered, per decision |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unlicensed HMO | 34 | 81% 26 of 32 | £4,948 n=26 | £13,491 n=26, typically 3 applicants |
| Unlicensed house (selective licensing) | 6 | 83% 5 of 6 | £4,139 n=5 | £8,278 n=5, typically 2 applicants |
| Illegal eviction | 1 | too few 0 of 1 | too few n=0 | too few n=0 |
| Improvement notice not complied with | 1 | too few 0 of 1 | too few n=0 | too few n=0 |
| Other | 1 | too few 0 of 1 | too few n=0 | too few n=0 |
The tribunal can only make an order if it is sure, beyond reasonable doubt, that the landlord committed the offence. That is why not every application ends in an order. Old rules: offence before 1 May 2026, maximum 12 months' rent. New rules: offence on or after 1 May 2026, maximum 24 months' rent.
Past decisions are not a prediction. The tribunal decides each case on its facts, including the landlord's and tenant's conduct.
Left out of the figures, but listed below: decisions whose outcome or amount we haven't been able to check. Dismissed, withdrawn, struck-out and out-of-time applications count towards "ended in an order" but never supply an amount.
Download these as a PDF The figures and the list below, with a GOV.UK link for every decision: something you can attach to an RRO1 application. Individual landlords are not named in it.
Click an address, or "Read the reasoning", to see why the tribunal decided what it did: the figures, an extract from its reasons on the amount and a link to the full decision on GOV.UK.
| Address | Offence | Landlord | Rent pcm | Maximum | Per applicant | Ordered, total | Applicants | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 113 Mary Datchelor Close, London, SE5 7DY Read the reasoning old rules | Unlicensed house (selective licensing) | individual | £1,500 | £13,795.89 | £4,139 | £8,278 | 2 | 60% | 29 Jun 2026 |
| Flat 30, Dawes House, Orb Street, London, SE17 1RE . Read the reasoning old rules | Unlicensed HMO | individual | £2,773.33 | Dismissed | 3 | 20 Jun 2026 | |||
| 2 Whitworth House, Falmouth Road. SE1 6RW Read the reasoning old rules | Unlicensed HMO | individual | £2,700 | £28,321.94 | £6,488.32 | £19,464.96 | 3 | 69% | 16 Mar 2026 |
| 18 Millender Walk, London, SE16 2BL Read the reasoning old rules | Unlicensed HMO | individual | £7,987.10 | £3,000 | £3,000 | 1 | 38% | 6 Mar 2026 | |
| Flat 727, Alaska Building, 61 Grange Road, London SE1 3BD Read the reasoning old rules | Unlicensed house (selective licensing) | individual | £16,500 | £4,950 | £9,900 | 2 | 60% | 6 Mar 2026 | |
| Flat 9, Albert Westcott House, Alberta Street, London SW17 3SE Read the reasoning old rules | Unlicensed house (selective licensing) | individual | £1,650 | £18,150 | £4,537.50 | £9,075 | 2 | 50% | 17 Nov 2025 |
| 31 Rope Street, London, SE16 7TE Read the reasoning old rules | Unlicensed HMO | company and individuals | £775 | Dismissed | 2 | 29 Oct 2025 | |||
| Flat 7 Mandeville House, Rolls Road, Southwark SE1 5DX Read the reasoning old rules | Unlicensed HMO | individual | Out of time or no jurisdiction | 3 | 21 Jul 2025 | ||||
| Flat 2, 198B Peckham Rye, Southwark, SE22 0LU Read the reasoning old rules | Unlicensed HMO | individual | £2,700 | £20,645.75 | £2,408.33 | £7,225 | 3 | 35% | 15 Jul 2025 |
| FLAT 35 OTFORD HOUSE STAPLE STREET TABARD GARDENS LONDON SE1 4LS Read the reasoning old rules | Unlicensed HMO | individual | £2,561.77 | £30,741.23 | £4,995.45 | £19,981.80 | 4 | 65% | 20 Jun 2025 |
| 33 Millpond Estate, West Lane, London SE16 4LZ Read the reasoning old rules | Unlicensed HMO | individual | £21,150 | £3,525 | £10,575 | 3 | 50% | 17 Jun 2025 | |
| Flat 8, Trinity House, Bath Terrace, London, SE1 6PX Read the reasoning old rules | Unlicensed HMO | individual | £2,080 | £5,408 | £16,224 | 3 | 9 Jun 2025 | ||
| Flat 1, 93-95 Balfour Street, Southwark, SE17 1PB Read the reasoning old rules | Unlicensed HMO | company and individuals | £12,726.74 | £8,908.72 | £8,908.72 | 1 | 70% | 27 May 2025 | |
| 32 Angelina House, Goldsmith Road, London SE15 5UB Read the reasoning old rulesfigures not yet checked | Unlicensed HMO | company Hoppe-Foster Ventures Limited |
£7,225 | £28,900 | 4 | 11 Mar 2025 | |||
| 38 Slade Walk, London SE17 3HW Read the reasoning old rules | Unlicensed house (selective licensing) | company and individuals | £800 | £3,999.20 | £7,998.40 | 2 | 21 Feb 2025 | ||
| Flat 15 Rushcutters Court, 2 Boat Lifter Way, London, SE16 7WJ Read the reasoning old rules | Unlicensed HMO | company and individuals RFLL Limited |
£945 | £11,340 | £7,938 | £7,938 | 1 | 70% | 11 Dec 2024 |
| Flat 16 The Music Box, 237 Union Street, London, SE1 0LR Read the reasoning old rules | Unlicensed HMO | individual | Dismissed | 3 | 26 Nov 2024 | ||||
| Flat 29, Barry House, Rennie Estate, Galleywell Road, London, SE16 3PH Read the reasoning old rules | Unlicensed HMO | individual | £28,891.82 | £6,741.67 | £20,225 | 3 | 70% | 7 Nov 2024 | |
| 3 Acre Drive, London, SE33 9FD Read the reasoning old rules | Unlicensed HMO | individual | £2,100 | £25,200 | £3,360 | £10,080 | 3 | 40% | 23 Oct 2024 |
| 22 Kirkwood Road, London, SE15 3XX Read the reasoning old rules | Unlicensed HMO | company | £650 | £2,340 | £2,340 | 1 | 3 Oct 2024 | ||
| 13 Langford Green, Southwark, London, SE5 8BX Read the reasoning old rules | Other | individual | Dismissed | 1 | 11 Sep 2024 | ||||
| 12b Brunswick Park, London SE5 7RH Read the reasoning old rules | Unlicensed house (selective licensing) | individual | Dismissed | 2 | 2 Sep 2024 | ||||
| 33 Bywater Place, London, SE16 5ND Read the reasoning old rules | Unlicensed HMO | individual | £4,100 | £4,900.10 | £29,400.62 | 6 | 19 Jun 2024 | ||
| 52 Elliotts Row, London SE11 4SZ Read the reasoning old rules | Unlicensed HMO | individual | £4,801.33 | £45,153.18 | £6,772.98 | £27,091.91 | 4 | 60% | 11 Mar 2024 |
| Flat 24, Bromfield Court, Jamaica Road, London, SE16 4SG Read the reasoning old rules | Unlicensed HMO | individual | £580 | £3,720.39 | £1,482.70 | £1,482.70 | 1 | 40% | 20 Feb 2024 |
| Flat 21 Axis Court, 2 East Lane, London, SE16 4UQ Read the reasoning old rules | Improvement notice not complied with | individual | Dismissed | 2 | 15 Jan 2024 | ||||
| Flat 1, 46 East Dulwich Road, London SE22 9AX Read the reasoning old rules | Unlicensed house (selective licensing) | individual | £950 | £1,775.08 | £1,775.08 | £1,775.08 | 1 | 100% | 15 Nov 2023 |
| First Floor Flat, 76 Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8RZ Read the reasoning old rules | Illegal eviction | company Westerham Limited |
£1,256.70 | Dismissed | 1 | 17 Oct 2023 | |||
| 59 Searles Road London SE1 4YL Read the reasoning old rules | Unlicensed HMO | company and individuals | £550 | Dismissed | 3 | 17 Aug 2023 | |||
| Flat 1_25b Copperfield Street SE1 0EN Read the reasoning old rulesfigures not yet checked | Unlicensed HMO | company and individuals Trepel (No. 1 London) Ltd |
£2,811.31 | £14,056.56 | 5 | 20 Jan 2023 | |||
| Flat 6, Whitmore House, Falmouth Road, London SE1 6RW Read the reasoning old rules | Unlicensed HMO | individual | £2,300 | £11,500 | £3,833.33 | £11,500 | 3 | 100% | 7 Jun 2022 |
| Flat A, 43 – 45 Grosvenor Terrace, London SE6 0NN Read the reasoning old rules | Unlicensed HMO | company Bodel Investments Limited |
£1,650 | £2,739.50 | £5,479 | 2 | 24 Mar 2022 | ||
| 9 Setchell Way, London, SE1 5XR Read the reasoning old rules | Unlicensed HMO | individual | £4,665 | £18,660 | 4 | 18 Nov 2021 | |||
| Flat 4, 47 Southampton Way, London, SE5 7SW Read the reasoning old rules | Unlicensed HMO | individual | £2,300 | £25,300 | £7,561.20 | £22,683.60 | 3 | 90% | 23 Aug 2021 |
| 71 Asylum Road, London, SE15 2RJ Read the reasoning old rules | Unlicensed HMO | company Bernard Properties LLP |
£2,100 | £16,800 | £8,400 | £16,800 | 2 | 100% | 5 Aug 2021 |
| 95 Southampton Way, London, SE5 7SX Read the reasoning old rules | Unlicensed HMO | company | £2,750 | £33,000 | £8,250 | £33,000 | 4 | 100% | 7 Jun 2021 |
| 1 Meridian Court, 2 Gervase Street, London, SE15 2GE Read the reasoning old rules | Unlicensed HMO | individual | £1,900 | £22,800 | £7,600 | £22,800 | 3 | 100% | 21 May 2021 |
| 25b Southampton Way, Southwark, London SE5 7SW Read the reasoning old rules | Unlicensed HMO | individual | £750 | £6,361.64 | £19,084.92 | 3 | 10 May 2021 | ||
| Basement Flat 114 Asylum Road SE15 2LW Read the reasoning old rules | Unlicensed HMO | individual | £21,573.03 | £4,750 | £14,250 | 3 | 66% | 19 Jan 2021 | |
| Flat 2, 282 Camberwell New Road, London SE5 0RP Read the reasoning old rules | Unlicensed HMO | company and individuals Visionary Properties Ltd |
Dismissed | 5 | 19 Dec 2019 | ||||
| 22 Marcia Road, London SE1 5XF Read the reasoning old rules | Unlicensed HMO | company Letshare London Limited |
£750 | £8,400 | £8,400 | 1 | 9 Oct 2019 | ||
| Apartment 2307, 1 St Gabriels Walk, London, SE1 6FD Read the reasoning old rules | Unlicensed HMO | individual | £2,786 | £2,500 | £10,000 | 4 | 31 May 2019 | ||
| 3 Camberwell Station Road, London, SE5 9JJ Read the reasoning old rules | Unlicensed HMO | individual | £12,731.29 | £4,243.76 | £12,731.29 | 3 | 100% | 12 Mar 2012 | |
Rent per calendar month, the maximum the tribunal could award (the rent for the period, less any benefits), the amount ordered and its share of that maximum, as the decision states them. "Per applicant" is the total ordered divided by the number of applicants shown; "Ordered, total" is the whole amount for the decision. A blank maximum means the decision never states it as one figure, or it hasn't been checked. Individual landlords are never named here; companies are.
The tribunal's approach to the amount, and the rules on who can apply and when, are explained by Shelter and on GOV.UK. Had a rent increase instead? What the rent tribunal decided nearby.