7 Oate Hill, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3LE
HAV/00HY/MNR/2026/0107 · Wiltshire · decided 6 Aug 2026
old ruleshousing association / affordable rent| Rent before the notice | £819.09 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £858.39 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,191.67 +45.5% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 20 Apr 2026 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 24 Feb 2026 |
| Rules | Old rules (notice dated before 1 May 2026): the tribunal could also set a rent higher than the landlord's figure. |
| Property | house, 3 bedrooms |
Rents per calendar month as the tribunal recorded them (weekly rents × 52 ÷ 12). Read from the PDF automatically.
From the tribunal's valuation
The other rents charged by the Landlord for nearby properties are not market evidence as those rents are limited by other legislation. … Relying on its own expert, general knowledge of rental values in the area, the Tribunal considers that the market rental of the subject Property modernised and in good order would be in the order of £1,300 per calendar month. Comparable rents are normally quoted on a monthly basis. … This is the rent we would expect the property to let for in the open market if it was in the same general condition as the comparable properties including having white goods, flooring and curtains provided by the landlord. … The full valuation is shown below: Starting Rent £1,300 pcm Less a) Items given under a) above £30 b) Items given under b) above £50 c) Items given under c) above £30 £110 Market rent £1,190 pcm
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.