Property Chamber First tier Tribunal FTT

[edit] Introduction

The Property Chamber First Tier Tribunal (FTT) is administered by the HM Courts & Tribunals Service. It settles legal disputes around areas of law related to property and land and is one of seven FTT chambers: General Regulatory Chamber, Social Entitlement Chamber, Health, Education and Social Care Chamber, Tax Chamber, War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Chamber and Immigration and Asylum Chamber.

[edit] Responsibilities

The Property Chamber FTT handles applications, appeals and references relating to disputes over residential property, agricultural land and drainage and land registration.

Residential property disputes include:

• Rent increases.
• Leasehold disputes.
• Leasehold enfranchisement.
• Disputes about park homes.
• Improvement notices and prohibition orders where a notice is made under the Housing Act 2004.
• Disputes about licences for houses in multiple occupation.
• The right to buy a council home being refused because it’s deemed suitable for elderly people.

Agricultural land and drainage matters include:

• Disputes between agricultural tenants and landlords in relation to certain farming tenancies.
• Applications in respect of certain drainage disputes between neighbours.

Land registration matters include:

• Disputes over a change to the land register.
• Applications to correct or cancel certain documents relating to registered land.

The Property Chamber FTT also handles applications from valuation officers to enter premises to carry out certain valuations.

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