Rent Rise Check

Rent tribunal decisions in Stoke-on-Trent

What the tribunal decided in Stoke-on-Trent

6 decisions (6 set a rent). In 3 we can compare the landlord's proposed rent with the rent the tribunal decided.

Only 3 decisions to compare. That is too few to show a pattern.

All decisions
Set below the landlord's figuretoo few 2 of 3
Same as the landlord's figuretoo few 1 of 3
Above the landlord's figuretoo few 0 of 3
Typical cut, where the rent was set lowertoo few n=2
Typical increase the landlord proposedtoo few n=3
Typical increase the tribunal decidedtoo few n=3

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
35 Mayer Street Hanley Stoke-on Trent ST1 2 old rules house, 2 bed £695£750£725 17 Jul 2026
216 Ruxley Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 9BN old rules house, 3 bed £710£850£800 11 Jun 2026
2 Fairways House St Andrews Square Stoke on Trent ST4 7GB old rules flat, 2 bed £675£795£795 29 Aug 2025
48 Eaton Street Stoke on Trent ST1 2DG old rulesregister entry only house, 2 bed £600 12 Dec 2024
417 Waterloo Road Hanley Stoke on Trent ST1 5DT old rulesregister entry only house, 2 bed £450 12 Dec 2024
40 Smith Child Street, Stoke-on-Trent, ST6 5HB old rulesregister entry only house, 3 bed £650 20 Dec 2023

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.