- England
- February 2026
Rent tribunal decisions: February 2026
62 rent decisions made by the First-tier Tribunal in February 2026: 0 under the Renters’ Rights Act rules, 36 under the earlier rules and 26 fair rents.
Why it matters
A monthly snapshot of what the tribunal decided. Decisions are published weeks after they are made, so the latest months keep filling in; counts here are by decision date.
Condition comes up in 14 market-rent decisions in these decisions. The tribunal values the home as it is.
Tenants asked the tribunal to delay the new rent for undue hardship once; it agreed in none.
Median market rent the tribunal set in these decisions, all years, £ a month.
New rules Notices from 1 May 2026
No decisions under the new rules in this group yet. The first were published from June 2026; challenges to notices served now will follow.
Earlier rules Notices before 1 May 2026
- Decisions
- 36
- Set below the proposal
- 46% of 26 with both figures
- Set above the proposal
- 15%
- Median rent set
- £1,200
- Cut 46%
- Confirmed 38%
- Above 15%
Abide.Rent keeps the evidence that decides cases like these on file for every tenancy, before the notice goes out.
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- Cut 0.4%
1-bed flat
Worcester WR527 Feb 2026 · Worcester · Earlier rules£773£770a month - Confirmed
1-bed flat
Waterloo Terrace, Bridgnorth WV16£485a month27 Feb 2026 · Shropshire · Earlier rules - Above
3-bed end-terrace house
Denville Crescent, Birmingham B927 Feb 2026 · Birmingham · Earlier rules£1,100£1,200a month - Set
Studio flat
(A) Harrow Road NW10Rent not stated in the published decision26 Feb 2026 · Brent · Earlier rules - Registered
Unfurnished semi-detached house
Uckfield TN22£956fair rent, a month26 Feb 2026 · Wealden · Fair rent - Registered
Unfurnished semi-detached house
Totnes TQ9£3,120fair rent, a month26 Feb 2026 · South Hams · Fair rent
Every decision
The latest 50 of 62.
| Decided | Where | Paid before | Proposed | Set | Outcome | Rules |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Feb 2026 | Worcester WR51-bed flat · Worcester | £753 | £773 | £770 | Cut 0.4% | Earlier rules |
| 27 Feb 2026 | Waterloo Terrace, Bridgnorth WV161-bed flat · Shropshire | £440 | £485 | £485 | Confirmed | Earlier rules |
| 27 Feb 2026 | Denville Crescent, Birmingham B93-bed end-terrace house · Birmingham | £800 | £1,100 | £1,200 | Above | Earlier rules |
| 26 Feb 2026 | (A) Harrow Road NW10Studio flat · Brent | £925 | £1,436 | — | Set | Earlier rules |
| 26 Feb 2026 | Uckfield TN22Unfurnished semi-detached house · Wealden | — | — | £956 | Registered | Fair rent |
| 26 Feb 2026 | Totnes TQ9Unfurnished semi-detached house · South Hams | — | — | £3,120 | Registered | Fair rent |
| 26 Feb 2026 | Jamaica Street, Bristol BS22-bed furnished flat · Bristol, City of | £1,225 | £1,348 | £1,260 | Cut 6.5% | Earlier rules |
| 26 Feb 2026 | Walcot Street, Bath BA12-bed unfurnished maisonette · Bath and North East Somerset | £800 | £1,000 | £880 | Cut 12% | Earlier rules |
| 25 Feb 2026 | Regency Close, Sheerness ME12Unfurnished flat · Swale | — | — | £34,060 | Registered | Fair rent |
| 25 Feb 2026 | Tadley RG262-bed unfurnished flat · Basingstoke and Deane | £725 | £825 | £830 | Above | Earlier rules |
| 25 Feb 2026 | Sturminster Newton DT103-bed unfurnished detached house · Dorset | £2,600 | £2,800 | £2,700 | Cut 3.6% | Earlier rules |
| 25 Feb 2026 | Fore Street, Totnes TQ9Unfurnished flat · South Hams | — | — | £1,647 | Registered | Fair rent |
| 24 Feb 2026 | Riding House Street, Westminster W1WWestminster | £45,918 | — | — | Registered | Fair rent |
| 24 Feb 2026 | Greville Road, Camden NW6Camden | £860 | — | £1,200 | Registered | Fair rent |
| 24 Feb 2026 | Lowestoft NR32East Suffolk | £700 | £825 | — | Struck out | Earlier rules |
| 23 Feb 2026 | Ashton Road, Denton M34Unfurnished flat · Tameside | — | — | £550 | Set | Earlier rules |
| 23 Feb 2026 | Norwich St, Rochdale OL113-bed unfurnished semi-detached house · Rochdale | — | — | £1,350 | Set | Earlier rules |
| 23 Feb 2026 | Sussex Street, Rochdale OL11Rochdale | £700 | £1,200 | £875 | Cut 27.1% | Earlier rules |
| 23 Feb 2026 | Farewell Close, Rochdale OL11Rochdale | — | — | £850 | Set | Earlier rules |
| 20 Feb 2026 | North Tyneside NE282-bed unfurnished flat · North Tyneside | — | £600 | £600 | Confirmed | Earlier rules |
| 20 Feb 2026 | Newcastle upon Tyne NE42-bed unfurnished flat · Newcastle upon Tyne | £600 | £640 | £640 | Confirmed | Earlier rules |
| 18 Feb 2026 | Brick Lane, Tower Hamlets E1Tower Hamlets | £394 | — | £620 | Registered | Fair rent |
| 18 Feb 2026 | Bethune Road, Hackney London N16Hackney | £1,625 | — | £2,773 | Registered | Fair rent |
| 16 Feb 2026 | London Road, High Wycombe HP11Buckinghamshire | £1,100 | £1,250 | — | Set | Earlier rules |
| 16 Feb 2026 | Gould Close, West Berkshire RG142-bed flat · West Berkshire | — | £1,200 | — | Set | Earlier rules |
| 16 Feb 2026 | Gould Close, West Berkshire RG142-bed flat · West Berkshire | — | £1,200 | — | Set | Earlier rules |
| 16 Feb 2026 | Central Bedfordshire SG183-bed terraced house · Central Bedfordshire | £1,250 | £1,590 | — | Set | Earlier rules |
| 13 Feb 2026 | Lyndhurst Road, Worthing BN11Worthing | £700 | £725 | £725 | Confirmed | Earlier rules |
| 13 Feb 2026 | Cheltenham GL54Cotswold | — | — | — | Registered | Fair rent |
| 13 Feb 2026 | International Way, Southampton SO19Southampton | £460 | £700 | £700 | Confirmed | Earlier rules |
| 13 Feb 2026 | Beatrice Street, Swindon SN2Swindon | £400 | £475 | £425 | Cut 10.5% | Earlier rules |
| 12 Feb 2026 | Lexham Gardens, Kensington and Chelsea W8Kensington and Chelsea | — | — | £752 | Registered | Fair rent |
| 12 Feb 2026 | Mayfield Road, Farnborough GU141-bed home · Rushmoor | — | £1,200 | £1,270 | Above | Earlier rules |
| 12 Feb 2026 | Stafford Road, Cannock WS113-bed semi-detached house · Cannock Chase | £477 | — | £700 | Registered | Fair rent |
| 12 Feb 2026 | Stafford Road, Cannock WS113-bed semi-detached house · Cannock Chase | £477 | — | £700 | Registered | Fair rent |
| 12 Feb 2026 | Smallshire Way, Stourbridge DY83-bed end-terrace house · Dudley | — | — | £559 | Registered | Fair rent |
| 12 Feb 2026 | Cheveral Avenue, Coventry CV63-bed unfurnished house · Coventry | £750 | £1,000 | £1,000 | Confirmed | Earlier rules |
| 11 Feb 2026 | College Road, Brent NW10Brent | £936 | — | £1,059 | Registered | Fair rent |
| 10 Feb 2026 | Warwick Avenue, Westminster W9Westminster | £1,651 | — | £1,509 | Registered | Fair rent |
| 9 Feb 2026 | Merton Road, Ilford IG35-bed unfurnished semi-detached house · Redbridge | £1,700 | £2,800 | £2,430 | Cut 13.2% | Earlier rules |
| 9 Feb 2026 | Sussex Place, New Malden KT33-bed unfurnished flat · Kingston upon Thames | £1,380 | £2,300 | £1,950 | Cut 15.2% | Earlier rules |
| 9 Feb 2026 | Paslow Hall Cottages King Street, Ongar CM5Epping Forest | — | — | £1,300 | Registered | Fair rent |
| 9 Feb 2026 | Buckinghamshire LU73-bed house · Buckinghamshire | £1,525 | £1,625 | — | Set | Earlier rules |
| 9 Feb 2026 | Lines Hill, Aylesbury Bucks HP22House · Buckinghamshire | — | — | £1,148 | Registered | Fair rent |
| 6 Feb 2026 | Cadmus Close, Lambeth SW4Lambeth | £544 | — | £810 | Registered | Fair rent |
| 6 Feb 2026 | Clapham Common, North Side SW4Wandsworth | £520 | — | £576 | Registered | Fair rent |
| 6 Feb 2026 | Lansbury Road, Enfield EN33-bed furnished terraced house · Enfield | — | — | — | Registered | Fair rent |
| 6 Feb 2026 | Pinglestone close, West Drayton UB73-bed unfurnished terraced house · Hillingdon | — | £650 | £650 | Confirmed | Earlier rules |
| 5 Feb 2026 | Camden Park Road, Camden NW12-bed unfurnished flat · Camden | — | £1,520 | £1,900 | Above | Earlier rules |
| 4 Feb 2026 | Polesden Gardens, Merton SW202-bed furnished flat · Merton | £1,600 | £1,655 | £1,655 | Confirmed | Earlier rules |
Where
- Lambeth 4
- Buckinghamshire 3
- Camden 3
- Rochdale 3
- Brent 2
- Cannock Chase 2
- South Hams 2
- West Berkshire 2
- Westminster 2
- Basingstoke and Deane 1
- Bath and North East Somerset 1
- Bexley 1
- Birmingham 1
- Bracknell Forest 1
- Bristol, City of 1
- Central Bedfordshire 1
- Cotswold 1
- Coventry 1
- Croydon 1
- Dorset 1
- Dudley 1
- East Suffolk 1
- Enfield 1
- Epping Forest 1
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Stay ahead of the tribunal, every month
- 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.