5 Delight Court, Dipton, Co Durham, DH9 9XJ
MAN/00EJ/MNR/2026/0136 · County Durham · decided 29 Jun 2026
old ruleshousing association / affordable rentbills included| Rent before the notice | £613.77 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £651.34 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £666.68 +8.6% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 6 Apr 2026 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 12 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 | 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 considered the submission by the Tenant about rents payable on other flats, but in the absence of any details, felt unable to attribute evidential weight to this claim. … Relying on its own expert, general knowledge of rental values in the area and the comparables provided by the parties, the Tribunal considers that the market rental of the subject Property in good order would be in the order of £90.00 per week. 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 comparable properties.
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.