I checked the RTDRS website and it's not one of the sorts of situations they handle. It seems to me the long and short of it is, you could potentially challenge the landlord's lack of consent as being unreasonable or arbitrary (even if in your lease there is an unconditional prohibition on subletting or assignment) but it'll probably end up costing you more than the $300 fee he wants, which is probably a calculated risk on his part.
My suggestion is just cough up the fee, or talk to a lawyer (which I am not).
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