Rent Rise Check

Rent tribunal decisions in Gateshead

What the tribunal decided in Gateshead

6 decisions (6 set a rent). In 4 we can compare the landlord's proposed rent with the rent the tribunal decided.

Only 4 decisions to compare. That is too few to show a pattern.

All decisions
Set below the landlord's figuretoo few 3 of 4
Same as the landlord's figuretoo few 1 of 4
Above the landlord's figuretoo few 0 of 4
Typical cut, where the rent was set lowertoo few n=3
Typical increase the landlord proposedtoo few n=4
Typical increase the tribunal decidedtoo few n=4

There are no new-rules decisions in this area yet (notices dated on or after 1 May 2026).

"Typical" is the median. n is the number of decisions each figure comes from. Figures from fewer than 5 decisions are shown as "too few".

Old rules: the landlord's notice was dated before 1 May 2026, when the tribunal could set the rent higher than the landlord asked. New rules: notice dated on or after 1 May 2026; the tribunal can only confirm the landlord's figure or set a lower one.

Past decisions are not a prediction. Each tribunal decides on the evidence in front of it.

Left out of the percentages, but listed below: housing association and affordable rents, rooms in shared houses, rents that include bills, register entries without the landlord's figure, and decisions whose figures we haven't been able to check.

Download these as a PDF The figures and the list below, with a GOV.UK link for every decision: something you can attach to an MR1 application.

AddressType Rent beforeLandlord proposedTribunal decided
25 Lavers Road, Birtley DH3 1HH old rules house, 3 bed £450£700£650 28 May 2026
23 Bittern House Worsdell Dr Gateshead NE8 2FB old rules flat, 3 bed £1,400£1,500£1,500 22 May 2026
118 Kells Lane, Low Fell, Gateshead NE9 5HY old rules flat, 1 bed £595£695£640 26 Jan 2026
17 Margaret Terrace Highfields Rowlands Gill NE39 2NG old rules house, 2 bed £520£600£540 18 Aug 2025
5 Brighton Road, Gateshead NE8 1XQ old rulesregister entry only flat, 3 bed £700 29 May 2025
10 Arkwright Street, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, NE8 4TY old rulesregister entry only house, 3 bed £422.50 17 Feb 2021

Rents per calendar month, as the tribunal recorded them. Weekly rents are converted (× 52 ÷ 12).

Evidence the tribunal can weigh includes rents agreed for similar homes nearby, asking rents, the condition of the property and what the landlord provides. GOV.UK and Shelter explain the process.