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Flat 12, Arbourtree Court, Wombourne, WV5 9JW

BIR/41UF/MNR/2026/0099 · South Staffordshire · decided 10 Sep 2026

old ruleshousing association / affordable rent

Housing association or affordable rent: in these cases the tribunal sets the open-market rent for the property. The landlord isn't obliged to charge it, and usually charges a lower social or affordable rent, but can't charge more. These decisions are left out of the site's statistics.

Rent before the notice£1,189.28
Rent the landlord proposed£1,231.97
Rent the tribunal decided£1,213.33 open-market rent
New rent takes effect10 Sep 2026
Date of the landlord's notice23 Feb 2026
RulesOld rules (notice served before 1 May 2026): the tribunal could also set a rent higher than the landlord's figure.
Propertyflat, 1 bedroom

Rents per calendar month as the tribunal recorded them (weekly rents × 52 ÷ 12). Read from the PDF automatically.

From the tribunal's valuation

The Tribunal has not inspected the premises but relies on the submissions of the parties and its general knowledge of market rents in the area. … The Tribunal has considered the submissions made and finds the market rent to be £280.00 per week including the landlord's service charge of £70.96 per week.

An extract. To keep people's names out, any sentence that might contain one is left out (marked …). The full reasons are in the original decision.

The original

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