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The 'Register your rental property' service launches on 15 December 2026, starting in the West Midlands and moving to other areas over 12 months. When an area is called forward, landlords with properties there have a three-month period to sign up.

Tell us about your properties to get a list of what to have ready for each one, its deadline and the yearly fee. You register on GOV.UK yourself, with a GOV.UK One Login. We don’t receive or store anything you type. We find each property’s region from our own copy of the ONS postcode directory; the postcode never leaves your browser.

The Private Rented Sector Database Regulations 2026 are a draft affirmative instrument laid before both Houses on 9 September 2026; a Government motion to approve was tabled in the Commons. The JCSI did not draw them to special attention (14 Oct); the Lords SLSC drew them to special attention as politically or legally important (20 Oct); motions to consider were tabled (Lords 20 Oct, Commons 21 Oct) and debates are due on 28 Oct 2026 (Commons Delegated Legislation Committee, Lords Grand Committee). As at 26 Oct 2026 they have not been approved or made.

Landlord Compliance · £6 a month, inc VAT

Keep every date in one place

Landlord Compliance tracks each property’s register deadline and yearly renewal next to its gas, electrical and EPC dates.

A compliance calendar for each property, with reminder emails before every certificate, deposit, Right to Rent and register date, to help you run your lets under the new rules.

Each date comes from the published rule and the dates you give us. It’s a record of what you’ve told us, not an inspection of your property. We don’t inspect properties, serve notices or act in court.

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Get a reminder before your register deadline

We’ll email you when registration opens in your region and before your deadline.

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Questions people ask

Who has to register?

Landlords of assured or regulated tenancies must register themselves and each property; joint landlords each make a landlord entry and share one dwelling entry. Supported exempt accommodation (s.12 Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023) is excluded. Unoccupied properties need not be registered yet; future rules will require registration before marketing.

Can my letting agent register for me?

Landlords are responsible for starting and ending the registration process; agents or managers can upload certain information but the landlord remains responsible. A GOV.UK One Login is required.

What will I need?

To register, an individual landlord gives their name, date of birth, residential address, phone number and email address; an organisation gives its name, legal entity type, address (not a PO Box), contact details, the person making the entry and a nominated contact, and Companies House or charity numbers and director or trustee details where they apply. Anyone acting as an attorney, personal representative or deputy says so with evidence of authority. For each property: address, ownership type, dwelling type, number of bedrooms, whether it is currently let, freeholder, superior landlord or manager names and emails where relevant, occupants and households, whether an HMO, additional or selective licence is needed, furnishing, rent amount and frequency and whether utilities are included, and the gas safety record, EICR and EPC with their issue or expiry dates, a copy of the EPC and any minimum energy efficiency (MEES) exemption.

Is there a time limit once I start?

Dwelling entries need: address, ownership and dwelling type, bedrooms, whether let, freeholder/superior landlord/manager contacts; and, once let, occupants and households, HMO/selective/additional licence, furnishing, rent amount and frequency, bills included, gas safety record and issue date, EICR and expiry, EPC details and copy, any MEES exemption. For existing lets the Part 2 information must be supplied within 28 days of the entry being created.

How much does it cost?

Landlords pay an annual fee of £65 per property, renewed each year. During roll-out the fee is pro-rated 'so that those signing up first don't have to pay more'.

Can I advertise a property that isn’t registered?

s.82: a dwelling may not be marketed for a residential tenancy unless the landlord has an active landlord entry and the dwelling an active dwelling entry; written adverts must show the database identifiers; residential landlords must ensure both entries exist and are active.

Is this law yet?

The Private Rented Sector Database Regulations 2026 are a draft affirmative instrument laid before both Houses on 9 September 2026; a Government motion to approve was tabled in the Commons. The JCSI did not draw them to special attention (14 Oct); the Lords SLSC drew them to special attention as politically or legally important (20 Oct); motions to consider were tabled (Lords 20 Oct, Commons 21 Oct) and debates are due on 28 Oct 2026 (Commons Delegated Legislation Committee, Lords Grand Committee). As at 26 Oct 2026 they have not been approved or made.

This is general information to help you understand the rules. It isn't tailored to your circumstances, so check your own position before acting on it.

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026 Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0

What happens next

  1. Make your list above and gather each item before your region opens.
  2. Create a GOV.UK One Login if you don’t have one. Each joint landlord makes their own landlord entry.
  3. Register each property let on an assured or regulated tenancy on GOV.UK by its region’s deadline, then add the tenancy details within 28 days. A property not let that way needn’t be registered until it is.

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