Flat 1 Ditchling Court, 8A Bricket Road, St Albans, AL1 3LQ
CAM/26UG/MNR/2022/0026 · St Albans · decided 30 May 2022
old ruleshousing association / affordable rentfigures not yet checked| Rent before the notice | £455.74 |
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| Rent the landlord proposed | £474.41 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,050 +130.4% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | The decision gives two dates: 22 Mar 2022 and 4 Apr 2022. See the original. |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 14 Feb 2022 |
| Rules | Old rules (notice dated before 1 May 2026): the tribunal could also set a rent higher than the landlord's figure. |
| Property | flat, 1 bedroom |
Rents per calendar month as the tribunal recorded them (weekly rents × 52 ÷ 12). Read from the PDF automatically; these figures haven't been checked yet and are left out of the statistics, so compare them with the original.
From the tribunal's valuation
In determining the market rent, the Tribunal has regard to prevailing levels of rent in the general locality and achieved rental values in respect of other properties of comparable accommodation and provision that would be likely to be considered by a prospective tenant. The current rent and the period that has passed since that rent was agreed or determined is not relevant. … The legislation requires the Tribunal to have regard to market demand assuming that the landlord is willing. The Tribunal is therefore unable to have regard to the personal circumstances or identities of the actual landlord and tenant in assessing the level of rent. … In this regard, council properties are not offered on the open market and made available to the highest bidder. The rents payable in respect of Council leases are therefore not relevant and are of no assistance in assessing open market values. … The Tribunal has been assisted by the written and oral submissions made by the Parties and has applied its own knowledge and expertise in reaching its determination. … The Tribunal therefore determines the market rental of the Property with effect from 22 March 2022 at £1,050 per calendar month which equates to £242.30 pm. The rent payable may not, therefore, exceed this figure. …
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
Past decisions are not a prediction. Each tribunal decides on the evidence in front of it.