56 St Georges Way Portsmouth PO1 3AJ (“the premises”)
HAV/00MR/HMF/2025/0623 · Portsmouth · decided 11 May 2026 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 1 tenant |
| Rent | £754 per month |
| Period the order relates to | 23 Sep 2024 to 26 Mar 2025 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | £6,214 |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £5,592.60 (1 applicant) |
| Share of the maximum | 90%, as the tribunal stated it |
| Tribunal fees to be reimbursed | £341 |
| Rules | Old rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent. |
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From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
and the time when that objectively reasonable excuse ceased. In doing so, it should take into account the experience and other relevant attributes of the landlord and the situation in which the landlord found himself at the relevant time or times. It might assist the FTT, in this context, to ask itself the question "was what the landlord did (or omitted to do or believed) objectively reasonable for this landlord in those circumstances” 35. In his statement of 23rd February 2026 the Respondent accepted that he had applied for a “current” licence “as a safety measure” should the litigation which he refers to decided in PCC's favour. The Respondent has not produced evidence that he had applied for a licence at the time of the Applicant’s occupation of the premises. There is no evidence of a temporary exemption notice. … The Respondent has not produced evidence about enquiries he may have made whether it was objectively reasonable for him to believe or assume that the premises were exempt from the requirement to have a licence. … The Respondent has not produced evidence about the date when he applied for an HMO licence or why he did so at that particular time. Nor has he produced the application form or any information about how the form for that licence came to be completed. …
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