Rent Rise Check

Rent tribunal decisions in Dover

What the tribunal decided in Dover

8 decisions (8 set a rent). In 6 we can compare the landlord's proposed rent with the rent the tribunal decided.

Only 6 decisions to compare. That is too few to show a pattern.

All decisions
Set below the landlord's figure33% 2 of 6
Same as the landlord's figure50% 3 of 6
Above the landlord's figure17% 1 of 6
Typical cut, where the rent was set lowertoo few n=2
Typical increase the landlord proposed+11.4% n=6
Typical increase the tribunal decided+9.6% n=6

There are no new-rules decisions in this area yet (notices dated on or after 1 May 2026).

"Typical" is the median. n is the number of decisions each figure comes from. Figures from fewer than 5 decisions are shown as "too few".

Old rules: the landlord's notice was dated before 1 May 2026, when the tribunal could set the rent higher than the landlord asked. New rules: notice dated on or after 1 May 2026; the tribunal can only confirm the landlord's figure or set a lower one.

Past decisions are not a prediction. Each tribunal decides on the evidence in front of it.

Left out of the percentages, but listed below: housing association and affordable rents, rooms in shared houses, rents that include bills, register entries without the landlord's figure, and decisions whose figures we haven't been able to check.

Download these as a PDF The figures and the list below, with a GOV.UK link for every decision: something you can attach to an MR1 application.

AddressType Rent beforeLandlord proposedTribunal decided
77 Buckland Avenue, Dover, Kent, CT16 2NS old rulesregister entry only house £1,145 29 May 2025
2nd Floor, Right Hand Flat, 1 Victoria Park, Dover, Kent, CT16 1QR old rules flat, 1 bed £450£500£500 20 Nov 2023
23 Tower Street, Dover, Kent, CT17 0AJ old rules house, 3 bed £795£1,100£1,000 25 Sep 2023
3 Aspen Drive, Whitfield, Dover, Kent, CT16 2EX old rules house, 4 bed £1,300£1,400£1,400 21 Aug 2023
3 Aspen Drive, Whitfield, Dover, Kent, CT16 2EX old rules house, 4 bed £913.87£1,250£1,300 18 Aug 2022
Flat 6, Captain Webbs, 161-165 Folkestone Road, Dover, Kent, CT17 9SZ old ruleshousing association / affordable rent flat, 1 bed £530£565£565 9 Dec 2021
65 Tower Hamlets Street, Dover, Kent, CT17 0DX old rules house, 2 bed £589.33£658.67£585 30 Nov 2021
51 Markland Road, Dover, Kent, CT17 9LY old rules house, 3 bed £625£675£675 5 Aug 2020

Rents per calendar month, as the tribunal recorded them. Weekly rents are converted (× 52 ÷ 12).

Evidence the tribunal can weigh includes rents agreed for similar homes nearby, asking rents, the condition of the property and what the landlord provides. GOV.UK and Shelter explain the process.