Landlord rights and responsibilities

We will always seek to recover the costs and expenses of any formal enforcement action, including solicitors’ costs and costs of officers attending court:

• Enforcement notice – charge is £500
• Compulsory repairs untaken by the Council where a landlord has failed to complete them - Charge includes the total cost of the works.  Also, an administrative fee will be charged for the total cost of any works or a suitably hourly cost recovery fee.
• Penalty for failing to have a licence for a House in Multiple Occupation if found guilty of an offence - unlimited fine (previously maximum fine of up to £20,000).
• Penalty for non-compliance with a statutory notice such as under Part 1 of the Housing Act 2004 - if found guilty of an offence - maximum fine of £5,000.
• Penalty for non-compliance with HMO Management Regulations made under the Housing Act 2004 - if found guilty of an offence - maximum fine of £5,000.
• Fee for a property inspection to support an immigration request to the Home Office- £200
• Fee to support a landlord with an HMO licence application and collation of forms - £300
• Penalty fee for failure to submit a house in multiple occupation licence application / renewal within 28 days of a reminder letter - £300 on top of the standard application fee.
• Camp site licence fee £775 and annual inspection £415
• Penalty Charge Notice for failure to comply with remedial action notice - Smoke and Carbon Dioxide Detector Alarm (England) Regulations 2015 - maximum fine of £5,000.  Please see statement of principles.

The offences under some of these sections had a maximum fine until recently when this was lifted.  Unlimited fines were introduced on the 12th March 2015 by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.

Please refer to the Enforcement Policy for further information.

For more information about these fees and charges please contact: 

Residential Services Team Leader

Shared Environment Services (Kingston and Sutton) on 020 8547 5003 or email privatesectorhousing@kingston.gov.uk