- England
- Tribunal fee repaid
Decisions ordering the landlord to repay the tenant’s tribunal fee
Decisions where the tribunal ordered the landlord to reimburse the tenant’s £47 application fee.
Why it matters
The fee is small, but an order to repay it usually follows a proposal the tribunal found clearly too high.
Of 11 new-rules decisions in these decisions, 8 set the rent below the landlord’s notice. Under the new rules a challenge can only lower the rent.
The tribunal valued the home above the notice but could only award the notice figure. Under-pricing is now a 12-month ceiling.
New-rules decisions where the rent was held at, or set below, what the tenant already paid.
New rules Notices from 1 May 2026
- Decided
- 11
- Set below the proposal
- 73% England 65%
- Median cut, where cut
- −8% £133 a month
- Median wait, application to decision
- 52 days
- Cut 73%
- Confirmed 27%
Earlier rules Notices before 1 May 2026
No market-rent decisions under the earlier rules in this group.
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 6.2%
2-bed unfurnished semi-detached house
School Road, Dagenham RM1030 Sep 2026 · Barking and Dagenham · New rules£2,400£2,250a month - Cut 8.6%
1-bed unfurnished flat
Trundleys Road, Lewisham SE88 Sep 2026 · Lewisham · New rules£1,750£1,600a month - Cut 10.9%
2-bed flat
Arkwright Avenue, Rochdale OL163 Sep 2026 · Rochdale · New rules£1,010£900a month - Confirmed
3-bed furnished semi-detached house
Brockhurst Road, Gosport PO12£1,250a month24 Aug 2026 · Gosport · New rules - Confirmed
4-bed terraced house
Hyde Rd, Manchester M18£1,200a month20 Aug 2026 · Manchester · New rules - Cut 9.3%
3-bed unfurnished semi-detached house
Thistle Way, West Bromwich B7111 Aug 2026 · Sandwell · New rules£1,500£1,360a month
Every decision
The latest 11 of 11.
| Decided | Where | Paid before | Proposed | Set | Outcome | Rules |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Sep 2026 | School Road, Dagenham RM102-bed unfurnished semi-detached house · Barking and Dagenham | £1,200 | £2,400 | £2,250 | Cut 6.2% | New rules |
| 8 Sep 2026 | Trundleys Road, Lewisham SE81-bed unfurnished flat · Lewisham | £1,470 | £1,750 | £1,600 | Cut 8.6% | New rules |
| 3 Sep 2026 | Arkwright Avenue, Rochdale OL162-bed flat · Rochdale | £850 | £1,010 | £900 | Cut 10.9% | New rules |
| 24 Aug 2026 | Brockhurst Road, Gosport PO123-bed furnished semi-detached house · Gosport | £895 | £1,250 | £1,250 | Confirmed | New rules |
| 20 Aug 2026 | Hyde Rd, Manchester M184-bed terraced house · Manchester | £1,000 | £1,200 | £1,200 | Confirmed | New rules |
| 11 Aug 2026 | Thistle Way, West Bromwich B713-bed unfurnished semi-detached house · Sandwell | £1,360 | £1,500 | £1,360 | Cut 9.3% | New rules |
| 11 Aug 2026 | Greenoak Crescent, Birmingham B303-bed home · Birmingham | £850 | £1,250 | £850 | Cut 32% | New rules |
| 31 Jul 2026 | Avoca Road, Tooting Bec SW17Room in a shared house · Wandsworth | £1,200 | £1,230 | £1,200 | Cut 2.4% | New rules |
| 28 Jul 2026 | Baltic Wharf, Gravesham DA112-bed unfurnished flat · Gravesham | £1,395 | £1,420 | £1,420 | Confirmed | New rules |
| 28 Jul 2026 | Oldridge Road, Chickerell DT32-bed furnished detached house · Dorset | £1,000 | £1,200 | £1,160 | Cut 3.3% | New rules |
| 17 Jul 2026 | Gates Way, Stevenage SG12-bed furnished flat · Stevenage | £1,282 | £1,675 | £1,550 | Cut 7.5% | New rules |
Where
By month
Other topics
Build the evidence before the tenant applies
- 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.