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3 Winston Lodge, 12a Commercial Way, Woking, Surrey, GU21 6ET

CHI/43UM/HSE/2019/0004 · Woking · decided 27 Apr 2020 · rent repayment order

old rulescouncil application
OffenceUnlicensed house (selective licensing)
LandlordIndividual
Applicantsthe council
Rentnot stated as one figure
Period the order relates to29 Oct 2018 to 1 Mar 2019
Maximum the tribunal could awardnot stated as one figure (or not yet checked)
Amount the tribunal ordered£535.38 in total for the council
Share of the maximumnot stated
RulesOld rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent.

Read from the PDF automatically. Amounts are totals for the decision, across all its applicants; the maximum is left out of the statistics until it has been checked.

From the tribunal's reasons on the amount

recover, and (c) invite the landlord to make representations within a period specified in the notice of not less than 28 days (“the notice period”). (3) The authority must consider any representations made during the notice period. (4) The authority must wait until the notice period has ended before applying for a rent repayment order. (5) A notice of intended proceedings may not be given after the end of the period of 12 months beginning with the day on which the landlord committed the offence to which it relates.” 39. The NIP was sent by first class post on 1st 15th October 2019 according to the Applicant’s evidence in the application form section 9. … An issue arises as to the effect of section 42(5) of the 2016 Act. On the Applicant’s case the offence was being committed from 1st April 2018. The NIP was not served until some 18 months’ later. … The effect of non-compliance with section 42(5) of the 2016 Act is that an RRO cannot be made in respect of period ending 12 months preceding service of the NIP. … In this case this means that the RRO can only be made in respect of period after 1st October 2018, if the other conditions in sections 43, 44 and 45 of the 2016 Act are made out. … It was common ground the Respondent applied for a licence for the property on 25th March 2019, shortly after the need for licence was drawn to his attention. …

An extract from the part of the decision that sets the amount. To keep people's names out, any sentence that might contain one is left out (marked …). The full reasons are in the original decision.

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