Flat 5, 583 Chorley Old Road, Bolton, BL1 6BL
MAN/00BL/MNR/2025/0970 · Bolton · decided 16 Apr 2026
old rules| Rent before the notice | £425 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £475 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £455 +7.1% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 27 Oct 2025 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 18 Sep 2025 |
| 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.
From the tribunal's valuation
The Tribunal considers that only the Flat 4, 583 Chorley Old Road comparable provided by the Landlord is relevant to this matter, although the Tribunal is unaware of the size and condition of the flat. The other comparables have had their rent increased by way of a s.13 notice and so are not open market rents. … Relying on its own expert and general knowledge of rental values in the area, and the comparable provided by the Landlord, the Tribunal considers that the market rental of the subject Property modernised and in good order would be in the order of £500.00pcm. … The full valuation is shown below: Starting Rent £500.00 pcm Less a) Items given under a) above £50.00 b) Items given under b) above £5.00 £55.00 Market rent £445.00 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.