Rent Rise Check

Rent tribunal decisions in Tunbridge Wells

What the tribunal decided in Tunbridge Wells

10 decisions (10 set a rent). In 9 we can compare the landlord's proposed rent with the rent the tribunal decided.

Only 9 decisions to compare. That is too few to show a pattern.

All decisions
Set below the landlord's figure67% 6 of 9
Same as the landlord's figure22% 2 of 9
Above the landlord's figure11% 1 of 9
Typical cut, where the rent was set lower−8.5% n=6
Typical increase the landlord proposed+7.3% n=9
Typical increase the tribunal decided+5.4% n=9

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
Flat 4, Harold House, 8 Brook Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 3AY old rules flat £925£975£975 12 Jun 2026
Flat 7, The Chartwell, 21 Goods Station Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 2DE old rules flat, 2 bed £1,550£1,850£1,330 8 Jun 2026
15 Griffin Drive, Arleston, Telford Shropshire TN1 2NS old rules house, 2 bed £1,025£1,100£1,025 26 May 2026
2 Tanyard Cottages, Tudeley Road, Tudeley, Kent, TN11 0NW old rules house, 3 bed £1,220£1,350£1,375 1 May 2026
Flat 4, Knights Place, 53 Lower Green Road, Pembury, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 4DX old rules flat, 1 bed £625£1,050£1,000 7 Jul 2025
5A York Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 1JX old rules flat, 2 bed £1,280£1,350£1,200 29 Dec 2023
3 Lucas Close, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 3GJ old ruleshousing association / affordable rent flat, 2 bed £497.90£532.74£1,069.99 6 Jun 2023
3 & 4 Fairview Cottages, Back Road, Sandurst, Cranbrook, Kent, TN18 5JT old rules house, 2 bed £657.92£1,025£920 8 Dec 2022
1 Freight Cottages, Freight Lane, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 3PF old rules house, 3 bed £816.83£866.67£866.67 26 Aug 2022
3 & 4 Fairview Cottages, Back Road, Sandhurst, Cranbrook, Kent, TN18 5JT old rules house, 2 bed £640£665.92£640 29 Apr 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.