Rent Rise Check

Rent tribunal decisions in Test Valley

What the tribunal decided in Test Valley

5 decisions (5 set a rent). In 5 we can compare the landlord's proposed rent with the rent the tribunal decided.

Only 5 decisions to compare. That is too few to show a pattern.

All decisions
Set below the landlord's figure20% 1 of 5
Same as the landlord's figure40% 2 of 5
Above the landlord's figure40% 2 of 5
Typical cut, where the rent was set lowertoo few n=1
Typical increase the landlord proposed+4.6% n=5
Typical increase the tribunal decided+4.5% n=5

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
23 Brick Lane, Romsey, Hampshire, SO51 8LG old rules flat, 2 bed £1,300£1,375£1,350 30 Jun 2025
1 Chalk Pit Cottages, Tangley, Andover, Hampshire, SP11 0RX old rules house, 2 bed £650£680£880 15 May 2023
Flat 4, Braust House, Weyhill Road, Weyhill, Andover, Hampshire, SP11 0PP old rules flat, 2 bed £775£825£825 17 Nov 2022
1 Chalk Pit Cottages, Tangley, Andover, Hampshire, SP11 0RX old rules house, 2 bed £598£620£625 27 Jan 2020
1 Chalk Pit Cottage, Tangley, Andover, Hampshire, SP11 0RX old rules house, 2 bed £575£598£598 28 Jan 2019

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.