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Expert guides on tenant rights, rent increases, and the Section 13 process in England.
Your landlord is appealing the tribunal's rent decision: what happens now?
You challenged your rent increase, the tribunal set a figure you can live with, and then a letter arrives: the landlord is appealing. It feels like the whole thing is being reopened. It usually is not. A landlord cannot appeal simply because they dislike the rent the tribunal set. They can only appeal on a point of law, they need permission first, and most attempts do not get past that stage. This walkthrough explains what a landlord's appeal to the Upper Tribunal actually involves, which rent you keep paying while it is pending, what (if anything) you need to do, and how to reply. England only, periodic assured tenancies.
Appealing a rent tribunal decision to the Upper Tribunal: the tenant permission-to-appeal walkthrough 2026
If the First-tier Tribunal has decided your rent challenge and you believe it made a genuine legal mistake, you may be able to appeal to the Upper Tribunal. But appeals are not a second go at the same argument: you can only appeal on a point of law, you need permission first, and there is a strict 28-day clock that starts the moment the tribunal sends its reasons. This walkthrough explains what counts as an error of law, how to apply for permission step by step, and what to write, with template wording you can adapt.