47 Bushgrove Road
LON/00AB/HMF/2025/0655 · Barking and Dagenham · decided 23 Oct 2025 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed house (selective licensing) |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 2 tenants |
| Rent | £1,600 per month |
| Period the order relates to | ? to 1 Aug 2024 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | not stated as one figure (or not yet checked) |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £2,880 per applicant on average; £5,760 in total for 2 applicants |
| Share of the maximum | 30%, as the tribunal stated it |
| Tribunal fees to be reimbursed | £300 |
| Rules | Old rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent. |
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From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
The Tribunal therefore went on to consider the amount, if any, which it should order the Respondent to pay. … The first step is to ascertain the whole of the rent for the relevant period. Rent. … These show a payment of £1,600 on 4 July 2023 and 11 further payments of the same amount, with the last being on 1 August 2024. These payments were agreed by the Respondent. … It follows that in the period in question the total rent paid was £1,600 x 12 = £19,200. Utilities. The rent paid by the Applicants did not include any element for utilities (see clauses 15.1 to 15.11 of the tenancy at pages A16 and 17). No deduction is, therefore, required from the total amount of rent paid. … From that it determined what proportion of the rent was a fair reflection of the seriousness of the offence. … The offence in question is one contrary to section 95(1) of the 2004 Act. This is, when compared with offences such as unlawful eviction, at the bottom end of the spectrum of offences in respect of which an order may be made. The Tribunal considered that an appropriate reduction to reflect this was 30%. … The Tribunal also concluded that this was far from a serious offence of its kind. Firstly, it considered the impact on the tenants of the absence of a licence. …
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