# Residential rent increase planner

Compare a proposed monthly rent with the current rent and identify the notice route for a subsequent annual review served on or after 1 May 2026. This worksheet does not value the property, issue notice or confirm eligibility. Assumes a previous lawful rent increase, valid service and an open-market proposal. Excludes first increases, controlled areas, regulated rents, social housing, fixed-term Welsh contracts and older Scottish tenancy types. For English dates on days 29–31 the agreement must use month end in shorter months.

## Worked example

Increasing £800 to £840 adds £40 monthly and £480 over twelve full months.

In England Form 4 notices given before 1 May 2026 keep their original effect. A pre-May contractual increase due after commencement falls away. Check the annual interval from the last increase and the rental period start. Welsh periodic standard contracts use section 123. Check the terms of a converted contract. Scottish PRTs require the prescribed notice and tenants may refer an increase to Rent Service Scotland. Northern Ireland introduced the annual restriction and three-month notice on 1 April 2025.

[England](https://www.gov.uk/assured-tenancy-agreements-a-guide-for-landlords/rent-increases) · [Wales, section 123](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2016/1/section/123) · [Scotland](https://www.mygov.scot/landlord-rent-increases/private-residential-tenancy) · [Northern Ireland](https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/articles/sections-7-12-private-tenancies-act-northern-ireland-2022)

For subsequent reviews, take the later of the notice threshold and the anniversary of the last increase. The English example assumes monthly rent periods starting on days 1–31 with month-end alignment in shorter months. In Scotland the three-month period runs through the corresponding day, so the first possible increase is the following day. The Scottish assessment duty began on 1 April 2026. A local assessment is separate from designation of a rent control area. Check designation before using this ordinary PRT scenario. [Scottish rent control framework](https://www.gov.scot/policies/private-renting/rent-controls/) · [Scottish notice period examples](https://www.gov.scot/publications/private-residential-tenancies-tenants-guide/pages/rent-and-other-charges/)

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