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Rent tribunal decisions in the BN postcode area
131 published rent tribunal decisions in the BN postcode area, 2 under the Renters’ Rights Act rules (100% cut). What landlords proposed, what the First-tier Tribunal set and why, linked to GOV.UK.
New-rules decisions where the rent was held at, or set below, what the tenant already paid.
Condition comes up in 27 market-rent decisions in the BN postcode area. The tribunal values the home as it is.
Tenants asked the tribunal to delay the new rent for undue hardship 5 times; it agreed 3 times.
New rules Notices from 1 May 2026
- Decided
- 2
- Set below the proposal
- 100% England 65%
- Median cut, where cut
- −5.5% £78 a month
- Median wait, application to decision
- 51 days
- Cut 100%
- Confirmed 0%
Only 2 so far: read them as examples, not a rate.
Earlier rules Notices before 1 May 2026
- Decisions
- 80
- Set below the proposal
- 70% of 66 with both figures
- Set above the proposal
- 6%
- Median rent set
- £950
- Cut 70%
- Confirmed 24%
- Above 6%
Raising rents in the BN postcode area? Abide.Rent checks each proposed rent against local evidence and tribunal outcomes before you serve.
Start your free trialLatest under the new rules
Notices served from 1 May 2026. The tribunal cannot go above the notice.
Every recent decision
The latest 30 of 131. Open one for the figures, the evidence and the tribunal’s reasons.
| Decided | Where | Paid before | Proposed | Set | Outcome | Rules |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Sep 2026 | Park View Road, Brighton and Hove BN32-bed unfurnished flat · Brighton and Hove | £1,700 | £1,800 | £1,700 | Cut 5.6% | New rules |
| 7 Sep 2026 | College Road, Brighton BN21-bed furnished flat · Brighton and Hove | £1,400 | £1,550 | £1,450 | Cut 6.5% | Earlier rules |
| 3 Sep 2026 | Southdown View Road, Worthing BN14Part furnished studio flat · Worthing | £960 | £1,015 | £960 | Cut 5.4% | New rules |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Poynter Road, Hove BN31-bed unfurnished flat · Brighton and Hove | £950 | £1,000 | £1,000 | Confirmed | Earlier rules |
| 5 Aug 2026 | Hamilton Road, Brighton BN12-bed unfurnished maisonette · Brighton and Hove | £1,550 | £1,710 | £1,435 | Cut 16.1% | Earlier rules |
| 5 Aug 2026 | Edward Street, Brighton BN21-bed unfurnished flat · Brighton and Hove | £925 | £990 | £930 | Cut 6.1% | Earlier rules |
| 3 Aug 2026 | Ambrose Place, Worthing BN11Unfurnished studio flat · Worthing | £625 | £758 | £650 | Cut 14.2% | Earlier rules |
| 16 Jul 2026 | Seaview Avenue, Peacehaven BN102-bed semi-detached house · Lewes | £1,350 | £1,500 | £1,400 | Cut 6.7% | Earlier rules |
| 16 Jul 2026 | Eastbourne BN21Furnished house · Eastbourne | £540 | £675 | £650 | Cut 3.7% | Earlier rules |
| 16 Jul 2026 | Eversfield Road Eastbourne BN211-bed flat · Eastbourne | £825 | £900 | £850 | Cut 5.6% | Earlier rules |
| 3 Jul 2026 | Coleridge Crescent, Worthing BN12Unfurnished semi-detached house · Worthing | £1,250 | £1,745 | £1,745 | Confirmed | Earlier rules |
| 3 Jul 2026 | Southbourne Road, Eastbourne BN223-bed furnished end-terrace house · Eastbourne | £1,400 | £1,650 | £1,475 | Cut 10.6% | Earlier rules |
| 8 Jun 2026 | Nevill Avenue, Hove BN33-bed semi-detached house · Brighton and Hove | — | £1,700 | £1,700 | Confirmed | Earlier rules |
| 26 May 2026 | Beaumont Road, Worthing BN143-bed furnished end-terrace house · Worthing | £1,400 | £1,750 | £1,625 | Cut 7.1% | Earlier rules |
| 1 May 2026 | Peacehaven BN102-bed unfurnished flat · Lewes | £1,200 | £1,250 | £1,200 | Cut 4% | Earlier rules |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Arundel Road, Eastbourne BN211-bed flat · Eastbourne | £780 | £975 | £890 | Cut 8.7% | Earlier rules |
| 13 Feb 2026 | Lyndhurst Road, Worthing BN11Worthing | £700 | £725 | £725 | Confirmed | Earlier rules |
| 12 Jan 2026 | Eaton Gardens, Hove BN3Unfurnished flat · Brighton and Hove | — | — | — | Registered | Fair rent |
| 12 Dec 2025 | Lancaster Road, Brighton BN1Brighton and Hove | — | — | £4,810 | Registered | Fair rent |
| 17 Nov 2025 | Boreham Lane, Hailsham BN272-bed unfurnished semi-detached house · Wealden | — | — | £1,500 | Set | Earlier rules |
| 9 Oct 2025 | Harrington Road, Brighton BN1Brighton and Hove | £1,600 | £2,200 | £2,100 | Cut 4.5% | Earlier rules |
| 20 Aug 2025 | Goring Street, Worthing BN12Worthing | £925 | £1,200 | £1,165 | Cut 2.9% | Earlier rules |
| 7 Jul 2025 | Little Place Lane, Seaford BN25Lewes | £900 | £950 | £900 | Cut 5.3% | Earlier rules |
| 4 Jul 2025 | South Coast Road, Peacehaven BN102-bed unfurnished semi-detached house · Lewes | — | — | £1,040 | Set | Earlier rules |
| 30 Jun 2025 | Vale Road, Brighton BN41Brighton and Hove | £1,200 | £1,400 | £1,200 | Cut 14.3% | Earlier rules |
| 30 Jun 2025 | The Drive, Hove BN3Flat · Brighton and Hove | — | — | — | Registered | Fair rent |
| 16 Jun 2025 | Green Street, Eastbourne BN21Eastbourne | — | — | — | Registered | Fair rent |
| 16 Jun 2025 | Ravenswood Drive, Brighton BN22-bed terraced house · Brighton and Hove | £1,055 | £1,200 | £1,200 | Confirmed | Earlier rules |
| 9 Jun 2025 | Hove BN3Semi-detached house · Brighton and Hove | — | — | £3,445 | Registered | Fair rent |
| 7 May 2025 | Lansdowne Street, Hove BN3Brighton and Hove | £625 | £1,250 | £650 | Cut 48% | Earlier rules |
Decisions by month
Last 12 months with a published decision. Tribunals publish weeks after deciding, so the latest month fills in over time.
What came up
- Damp or mould raised 39
- Disrepair raised 27
- Portal listings cited 23
- Landlord sent comparables 21
- Tenant sent comparables 20
- Achieved rents cited 15
- Home inspected 14
- Asking rents cited 13
Counted from the text of market-rent decisions. Older decisions often publish the rent only, without reasons.
By type of home
Market-rent decisions in the BN postcode area by bedrooms and type, so you can compare homes like yours.
| Type of home | Decisions | Median rent set | Cut below the proposal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studios | 7 | £650 | 57% of 7 |
| Rooms in shared houses | 1 | £650 | — |
| 1-bed flats | 19 | £925 | 60% of 15 |
| 2-bed flats | 12 | £1,175 | 60% of 10 |
| 1-bed houses | 6 | £763 | 100% of 6 |
| 2-bed houses | 10 | £1,120 | 86% of 7 |
| 3-bed houses | 5 | £1,475 | 60% of 5 |
| 4-bed houses | 1 | £1,250 | — |
All rules and years together. Type and bedrooms are read from the tribunal’s description of the home; older decisions often do not describe it.
Fair rents (regulated tenancies)
49 Rent Act 1977 decisions in the BN postcode area, median £972 a month, 3 limited by the Maximum Fair Rent Order. A different law from Section 13.
| Decided | Where | Paid before | Proposed | Set | Outcome | Rules |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Jan 2026 | Eaton Gardens, Hove BN3Unfurnished flat · Brighton and Hove | — | — | — | Registered | Fair rent |
| 12 Dec 2025 | Lancaster Road, Brighton BN1Brighton and Hove | — | — | £4,810 | Registered | Fair rent |
| 30 Jun 2025 | The Drive, Hove BN3Flat · Brighton and Hove | — | — | — | Registered | Fair rent |
| 16 Jun 2025 | Green Street, Eastbourne BN21Eastbourne | — | — | — | Registered | Fair rent |
| 9 Jun 2025 | Hove BN3Semi-detached house · Brighton and Hove | — | — | £3,445 | Registered | Fair rent |
Other postcode areas
Reading these decisions
- Each decision values one home on the evidence in front of the tribunal. It is not a rent for the street.
- A confirmed rent under the new rules means the market was at least that high; the tribunal could not go higher.
- The tribunal can set a rent below what the tenant already pays, usually for condition or a weak evidence pack.
Tenants: is my rent increase notice valid? Landlords and agents: tribunal risk checker · all new-rules decisions.
Questions agents and landlords ask
How many rent tribunal decisions are there in the BN postcode area?
131 published decisions: 2 on notices under the Renters’ Rights Act rules, 80 under the earlier rules and 49 fair-rent decisions for regulated tenancies. The list is refreshed daily from GOV.UK.
Does the tribunal usually cut rent increases in the BN postcode area?
Under the new rules, 2 of 2 decisions here (100%) set the rent below the landlord’s notice, against 65% across England. Where it cut, the median cut was −5.5%.
Can the tribunal set a higher rent than the landlord proposed?
Not for notices served from 1 May 2026. The tribunal sets the open-market rent or the notice figure, whichever is lower, and the new rent starts from the decision with no backdating. Under the earlier rules it could go higher, which is why the two are shown separately.
How should I price a rent increase in the BN postcode area?
Start from rents actually achieved for similar homes nearby, recent and close, then adjust for condition, furnishing and what is included. Tribunal decisions show the risk of getting it wrong; they are not a price list. Keep the comparables and condition record before you serve the notice.
Serve rent increases in the BN postcode area that survive a challenge
- Every proposed rent checked against local tribunal outcomes before the notice goes out
- Form 4A prepared, served and proven, with the 52-week clock tracked per tenancy
- Comparables, condition and service record bundled for the tribunal as you go
Source: every First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) rent decision published on GOV.UK, read by Abide.Rent and refreshed daily (last 23 Oct 2026). Street, town and postcode district only; open any decision for the tribunal’s published reasons on GOV.UK. Rents are shown a month; weekly rents are converted (× 52 ÷ 12). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Decisions are evidence of risk, not a price list. Not legal advice.