1-bed unfurnished flat, Chorley Old Road, Bolton BL1: rent tribunal decision
The First-tier Tribunal set a market rent of £425 a month on 27 Sep 2023. Case MAN/00BL/MNR/2023/0163.
- Decided
- 27 Sep 2023
- Applied
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- Wait
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- Rules
- Earlier rules
- Notice start date
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- Decided on
- The papers
- Council
- Bolton
- Tribunal region
- Northern
- Type
- Flat
- Bedrooms
- 1
- Furnishing
- Unfurnished
As the tribunal described the home in its decision.
What the decision shows
The published decision gives the rent set, £425 a month, but not the landlord’s proposal. Older decisions often publish the rent register entry only.
Damp or mould came up in the decision. Condition the landlord is responsible for is usually deducted from the market rent.
Evidence and issues
- Landlord sent comparables
- Tenant sent comparables
- Achieved rents cited
- Asking rents cited
- Portal listings cited
- Disrepair raised
- ✓ Damp or mould raised
- Hearing held
- Home inspected
- Landlord used an agent
- Hardship delay asked for
- Landlord ordered to repay the £47 fee
- Notice validity raised
Read from the published text. Highlighted items are mentioned in the decision; read it on GOV.UK for the detail.
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Share of 7 earlier-rules decisions in Bolton set below the proposal.
Median market rent the tribunal set in Bolton, a month.
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Other decisions in BL1
- Cut 11.8%
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Bolton BL12 Sep 2026 · Bolton · Earlier rules£850£750a month - Set
3-bed home
Gilnrow Road, Bolton BL1£1,000a month10 May 2026 · Bolton · Earlier rules - Cut 6.3%
1-bed unfurnished semi-detached house
Chorley Old Road, Bolton BL116 Apr 2026 · Bolton · Earlier rules£475£445a month - Set
3-bed home
Sterratt Street, Bolton BL1£750a month20 May 2025 · Bolton · Earlier rules
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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.