5 First Street, Wheatley Hill, Durham DH6 3NX
MAN/00EJ/HMG/2024/0007 · County Durham · decided 3 Jun 2025 · rent repayment order
old rulesDismissed: the tribunal did not make a rent repayment order in this decision. See the original for its reasons.
| Offence | Unlicensed house (selective licensing) |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 1 tenant |
| Rent | not stated as one figure |
| Rules | Old 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.
From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
The table described in s40(3) includes at row 6 an offence contrary to s95(1) of the Housing Act 2004 “control or management of unlicensed house” Section 95(1) provides: (1) A person commits an offence if he is a person having control of or managing a house which is required to be licensed under this Part (see section 85(1)) but is not so licensed. Section 95(4) provides: In proceedings against a person for an offence under subsection (1) …. it is a defence that he had a reasonable excuse - (a) for having control of or managing the house in the circumstances mentioned in subsection (1) …. … (2) A tenant may apply for a rent repayment order only if- (a) the offence relates to housing that, at the time of the offence, was let to the tenant, and (b) the offence was committed in the period of 12 months ending with the day on which the application is made. … (2) The amount must relate to rent paid during the period mentioned in the table. The table provides that for an offence at row 5 of the table in section 40(3) the amount must relate to rent paid by the tenant in respect of the period not exceeding 12 months during which the landlord was committing the offence. …
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.
The original
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