Private rented sector enforcement actions (Jan 2020 to Dec 2025)
Case reference FOI2026/00054
Received 11 January 2026
Published 26 January 2026
Request
I am writing to request information held by you about enforcement actions taken in relation to private landlords and privately rented homes. 1. Information requested Please provide, for the period 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2025 inclusive, a month-by-month dataset showing the number of enforcement actions undertaken against private landlords and/or in respect of privately rented dwellings. For each month, please provide the following fields (as held in your records): A. Month (YYYY-MM) B. Enforcement action type (using your own internal categories or statutory power labels) C. Reason/category for the action (using whatever category/issue code you use for tracking) D. Outcome/status of the action (using your tracking outcomes, e.g. complied, appealed, revoked, conviction, civil penalty issued, penalty paid/unpaid, works in default completed, etc.) E. Count of actions (integer) If your system records an action at property-level or case-level, please count each recorded enforcement action instance. If multiple notices/orders are recorded under a single case, please count each distinct action as recorded in your system. 2. Scope and definitions (to reduce ambiguity) For avoidance of doubt, by “enforcement actions” I mean any formal action taken under housing, public health, licensing, planning, or related statutory powers that you record as enforcement against a private landlord or a privately rented property. This includes (where held) but is not limited to: • Housing Act 2004 actions such as Improvement Notices, Prohibition Orders, Hazard Awareness Notices, Emergency Remedial Action, Emergency Prohibition Orders, and related notices/orders. • HMO licensing enforcement actions (mandatory/additional/selective licensing), including licence refusal/revocation, civil penalties, prosecutions, and any recorded enforcement notices relating to licensing breaches. • Works in default, rent repayment order applications initiated by the authority, and any other formal PRS enforcement powers you record. If you use a narrower operational definition of “enforcement action” for reporting, please apply your standard definition and explain it briefly.
Response
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Documents
This is Tunbridge Wells Borough Council's response to a freedom of information (FOI) or environmental information regulations (EIR) request.