2 Garden House Cottages Plawhatch Lane Sharpthorne East Sussex RH19 4JL
Evidence considered
- No comparable evidence considered; the application was struck out for invalidity of the rent increase notice before any valuation evidence was assessed.
Tenant submitted evidence: no. Landlord submitted evidence: no.
Tribunal's reasoning
The Tribunal did not determine a market rent. It found that the landlord's section 13(2) notice proposing a new rent was invalid because the proposed start date did not coincide with the beginning of a period of the tenancy, as required by the statutory guidance notes. As it had no discretion to overlook this defect, the Tribunal held it lacked jurisdiction and struck out the application, leaving the landlord free to serve a fresh valid notice.
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