Rules and legislation - Residential Property Tribunal
The various types of application require different application forms. These are available on this site. Alternatively you can obtain forms from the regional Rent Assessment Panel for your are or, you can phone the RPTS Enquiry Line on Tel 0845 600 3178. You should return your completed application to your regional Panel office. The forms contain information about what additional material you may need to supply together with details of fees where they are applicable.
Application and hearing fees for Leasehold Disputes
There are fees involved in some, but not all, applications and these fees vary depending on the amount of money in dispute, or the number of dwellings to which the application relates. Additionally some types of application require payment of a hearing fee, if a hearing takes place.
Sometimes an application will be transferred to the Tribunal from the County Court. This will usually happen if the County Court is dealing with a case that includes issues which the Tribunal can deal with and the judge decides to make an order transferring those issues to the Tribunal. The claimant in the County Court becomes the applicant to the Tribunal. Any fees payable will be adjusted to take account of any fees that have already been paid to the County Court.
The table below gives details on how the fees are calculated.
| Service or Administration Charges | Fee Payable |
| Application Fee: | |
| If the amount of the charge which is in dispute is not more than £500 | £50 |
| If the amount of the charge which is in dispute is not more than £1000 | £70 |
| If the amount of the charge which is in dispute is not more than £5000 | £100 |
| If the amount of the charge which is in dispute is not more than £15000 | £200 |
| If the amount of the charge which is in dispute is not more than £15000 | £350 |
| Hearing Fee | £150 |
| Dispensation with Service Charge Consultation Requirements, Appointment of Manager, or Variation of a Single Lease | Fee Payable |
| Application Fee: | |
| 5 or fewer dwellings | £150 |
| between 6 and 10 dwellings | £250 |
| more than 10 dwellings | £350 |
| Hearing Fee | £150 |
Application fees for Housing Act 2004 Disputes
There are fees involved in some, but not all, applications. The table below gives details on how the fees are calculated.
| Housing Act 2004 | Fee Payable |
| Application Fee: | |
| Demolition orders- appeal against a demolition order | £150 |
| Unfit premises- application to authorise execution of works on unfit premises or for improvement | £150 |
| Right to buy – application against a refusal of the right to buy on the grounds that the dwelling is particularly suitable for elderly persons | £150 |
| Prohibition orders - appeal against a prohibition order | £150 |
| Prohibition orders- appeal against a decision to vary, or to refuse to revoke or vary, a prohibition order | £150 |
| Prohibition orders - appeal against a refusal to approve use of premises subject to a prohibition order | £150 |
| HMO licensing- appeal against a refusal to grant temporary exemption notice | £150 |
| HMO licensing- appeal against the grant or refusal of a licence | £150 |
| HMO licensing- appeal against the decision to vary or revoke, or to refuse to vary or revoke a licence | £150 |
| Selective licensing- appeal against a decision to refuse to grant temporary exemption notice | £150 |
| Improvement notices – appeal against an improvement notice | £150 |
| Improvement notices – appeal against a decision to vary, or to refuse to revoke or vary, an improvement notice | £150 |
| Improvement notices - appeal against a demand for recovery of expenses | £150 |
| Management orders – An application for an adjustment of rights and liabilities when a Local Authority has taken possession of furniture | £150 |
| Management orders – appeal against a decision to vary or revoke, or to refuse to vary or revoke, a management order | £150 |
| Management orders – An appeal by a third party against a decision compensation for compensation | £150 |
| Management orders – An appeal against decision to make an interim management order | £150 |
| Management orders – An appeal against decision to make a final management order | £150 |
| Empty Dwelling Management orders – an appeal against a decision to make a final Empty Dwelling Management order | £150 |
| Empty Dwelling Management orders – an appeal against the terms of a final Empty Dwelling Management orders | £150 |
| Empty Dwelling Management orders – application by a third party for compensation when an interim Empty Dwelling Management orders is in force | £150 |
| Empty Dwelling Management orders – application by a third party against a refusal to pay compensation when a final EDMO is made | £150 |
Application Fees for Park Home Disputes
There are fees involved in some, but not all, applications. The table below gives details on how the fees are calculated.
| Applications seeking: | Fee Payable |
| A determination of the terms to be implied in an agreement | |
| A variation or deletion of an express term in an agreement | |
| A determination of any question arising under the Mobile Homes Act 1983 or any agreement to which the Act applies | |
| A termination of an occupier's agreement by a site owner | |
| Application Fee: | Fee payable |
| Where the application contains one reference* | £150 |
| Where the application contains two references* | £200 |
| Where the application contains three or four references* | £400 |
| Where the application contains five or more references* | £150 |
* the number of references contained in an application is:
(a) in the case of an application made for one pitch or mobile home, the number of provisions of the Mobile Homes Act 1983 to which that application relates; and
(b) in the case of an application made for more than one pitch or mobile home, the number of pitches or mobile homes to which the application relates.
Payment of fees
Any fee payable must accompany the application and must be paid by a cheque made payable to, or postal order drawn in favour of the Ministry of Justice or HM Courts & Tribunals Service.
Waiver of fees
If you or your partner is in receipt of one of a specified number of benefits you can apply for a waiver of the fees. The specified benefits are as follows:
- Income Support
- Housing Benefit
- Income Based Job Seekers Allowance
- A working tax credit with a disability element or the applicant or partner is also in receipt of child tax credit, and the gross annual income taken into account for the calculation of the working tax credit is £14,213 or less
- A guarantee credit under the State Pensions Credit Act 2002.
- A certificate issued under the Funding Code which has not been revoked or discharged and which is in respect of the proceedings before the tribunal the whole or part of which have been transferred from the County Court for determination by a tribunal
- A working tax credit where the Gross Annual Income used to calculate the tax credit is £14,213 or less.
