Rent repayment orders near DL14 9BL
Based on 5 decisions in County Durham, decided between December 2019 and August 2025. Only 5 decisions so far, so treat these as a rough guide.
Fewer than 10 with a checked amount within 10 km, so this is the whole local authority. See all of County Durham.
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What the tribunal ordered in County Durham
6 decisions (2 ended in a rent repayment order). In 2 the amount ordered has been checked.
Only 2 decisions with a checked amount. That is too few to show a pattern.
"Typical" means the median: half the decisions are above it and half below. n is the number of decisions a figure comes from.
| All | Before 5 Sep 2022 | Since 5 Sep 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ended in a rent repayment order | 40% 2 of 5 | too few 1 of 3 | too few 1 of 2 |
| Typical amount ordered, per applicant | too few n=1 | – | too few n=1 |
| Typical amount ordered, per decision | too few n=2 | too few n=1 | too few n=1 |
| Typical share of the maximum the tribunal could award | too few n=2 | too few n=1 | too few n=1 |
By offence
| Offence | Decisions | Ended in an order | Typical amount ordered, per applicant | Typical amount ordered, per decision |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unlicensed HMO | 1 | – | – | – |
| Unlicensed house (selective licensing) | 5 | 40% 2 of 5 | too few n=1 | too few n=2 |
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.
How these figures are counted
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.
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.
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 Stanley Street, Durham DL14 8RY Read the reasoning old rules | Unlicensed house (selective licensing) | individual | £4,706.81 | £941 | £941 | 1 | 20% | 17 Aug 2025 | 3.9 km | |
| 24 Nevilledale Terrace, Durham, DH1 4QG Read the reasoning old rules | Unlicensed HMO | individual | Other ruling | 6 | 29 Jan 2019 | 16.7 km | ||||
| 5 First Street, Wheatley Hill, Durham DH6 3NX Read the reasoning old rules | Unlicensed house (selective licensing) | individual | Dismissed | 1 | 3 Jun 2025 | 21.7 km | ||||
| 26 James Street, Easington Colliery, SR8 3LZ Read the reasoning old rulescouncil application | Unlicensed house (selective licensing) | individual | £395 | Dismissed | council | 6 Dec 2019 | 29.0 km | |||
| 26 James Street, Easington Colliery, SR8 3LZ Read the reasoning old rules | Unlicensed house (selective licensing) | individual | £395 | Out of time or no jurisdiction | 1 | 10 Dec 2019 | 29.0 km | |||
| 30 Hawthorn Street, Easington Colliery, County Durham SR8 3LY Read the reasoning old rulescouncil application | Unlicensed house (selective licensing) | individual | £381.33 | £4,588.57 | £4,588.57 | council | 100% | 17 Sep 2020 | 29.0 km | |
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.
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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.
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