2 Kennels Cottage Ascott Park Leighton Buzzard Beds LU7 0PP
Above the askPre-Act rulesDecided 9 February 2026Case CAM/00MX/MNR/2025/0799
Rent before
£1,525
a month
Matched in the decision textLandlord asked for
£1,625
+6.6% on the rent before
Matched in the decision textTribunal set
£1,700
+£175 a month (+11.5%)
Matched in the decision textBackdatedThe new rent took effect from 1 December 2025, before the decision was made. Backdating was allowed under the pre-Act rules.
In short
The landlord proposed a rent of £1,625 a month, up from £1,525 a month, for a three-bedroom house in LU7. The tribunal determined a rent of £1,700 a month, preferring the landlord's rural comparables to the tenant's urban ones, which it used to reach £1,750 a month before deducting £50 a month because the property is near a relatively busy main road.
What decided it:Comparables rejectedLocation
Both sides gave the tribunal comparable lettings.
Summary written by an AI model from the published decision and checked automatically for names and figures. How
Also in the decision
- The panel relied on its own knowledge of local rents
Where the figures came from
- Rent before
- “…f rent dated 16 October 2025 served by the landlord, under S.13 of the Housing Act 1988 (the Act). 2 2 The notice proposed a new rent of £1625 per calendar month exclusive, with effect from and including 1 December 2025 in place of the passing rent of £1525 pcm. This rent does not include other services. 3 The tenancy is now an assured periodic calendar monthly tenancy which originally began for a fixed term, copy provided. Directions 4…”
- Asked for
- “…application form dated 15 November 2025 from the tenant of the Property, regarding a notice of increase of rent dated 16 October 2025 served by the landlord, under S.13 of the Housing Act 1988 (the Act). 2 2 The notice proposed a new rent of £1625 per calendar month exclusive, with effect from and including 1 December 2025 in place of the passing rent of £1525 pcm. This rent does not include other services. 3 The tenancy is now an assu…”
- Tribunal set
- “…ed out to the garden was clearly an improvement on the condition at grant but, the work was not a requirement. A tenant might equally take no interest in the garden and find its size a burden rather than of benefit. The adjusted market rent is therefore £1,700 pcm. 6 35 Although the landlord is not obliged to charge this rent and may charge a significantly lower rent as a result of their own choice, policy, or governmental regulation; t…”