Private Rented Sector Database
PRS Database deadlines
The local authority that collects the council tax — not the county. Several counties straddle two regions, and the region sets your date.
296 councils. Start typing, or press the down arrow to browse.
Pick your council and this fills in with your region’s legal deadline, how long that leaves you, and the day the duty to register starts there.
Deadlines, region by region
| Order in the rollout | Region | Last day to register | Legal duty starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Midlands | ||
| 2 | East of England | ||
| 3 | East Midlands | ||
| 4 | South East | ||
| 5 | Yorkshire and the Humber | ||
| 6 | North West | ||
| 7 | North East | ||
| 8 | London | ||
| 9 | South West |
Anyone in England can register from 15 December 2026, the planned opening date. Each region’s legal duty then starts on the date shown, and landlords there have 3 months from that day to register. The dates come from the draft Regulations, which still need Parliament’s approval — if they move, this page moves with them.
Which region is my council in?
West Midlands30 councilsregister by
- Birmingham
- Bromsgrove
- Cannock Chase
- Coventry
- Dudley
- East Staffordshire
- Herefordshire, County of
- Lichfield
- Malvern Hills
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- North Warwickshire
- Nuneaton and Bedworth
- Redditch
- Rugby
- Sandwell
- Shropshire
- Solihull
- South Staffordshire
- Stafford
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Tamworth
- Telford and Wrekin
- Walsall
- Warwick
- Wolverhampton
- Worcester
- Wychavon
- Wyre Forest
East of England45 councilsregister by
- Babergh
- Basildon
- Bedford
- Braintree
- Breckland
- Brentwood
- Broadland
- Broxbourne
- Cambridge
- Castle Point
- Central Bedfordshire
- Chelmsford
- Colchester
- Dacorum
- East Cambridgeshire
- East Hertfordshire
- East Suffolk
- Epping Forest
- Fenland
- Great Yarmouth
- Harlow
- Hertsmere
- Huntingdonshire
- Ipswich
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- Luton
- Maldon
- Mid Suffolk
- North Hertfordshire
- North Norfolk
- Norwich
- Peterborough
- Rochford
- South Cambridgeshire
- South Norfolk
- Southend-on-Sea
- St Albans
- Stevenage
- Tendring
- Three Rivers
- Thurrock
- Uttlesford
- Watford
- Welwyn Hatfield
- West Suffolk
East Midlands35 councilsregister by
- Amber Valley
- Ashfield
- Bassetlaw
- Blaby
- Bolsover
- Boston
- Broxtowe
- Charnwood
- Chesterfield
- Derby
- Derbyshire Dales
- East Lindsey
- Erewash
- Gedling
- Harborough
- High Peak
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Leicester
- Lincoln
- Mansfield
- Melton
- Newark and Sherwood
- North East Derbyshire
- North Kesteven
- North Northamptonshire
- North West Leicestershire
- Nottingham
- Oadby and Wigston
- Rushcliffe
- Rutland
- South Derbyshire
- South Holland
- South Kesteven
- West Lindsey
- West Northamptonshire
South East64 councilsregister by
- Adur
- Arun
- Ashford
- Basingstoke and Deane
- Bracknell Forest
- Brighton and Hove
- Buckinghamshire
- Canterbury
- Cherwell
- Chichester
- Crawley
- Dartford
- Dover
- East Hampshire
- Eastbourne
- Eastleigh
- Elmbridge
- Epsom and Ewell
- Fareham
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Gosport
- Gravesham
- Guildford
- Hart
- Hastings
- Havant
- Horsham
- Isle of Wight
- Lewes
- Maidstone
- Medway
- Mid Sussex
- Milton Keynes
- Mole Valley
- New Forest
- Oxford
- Portsmouth
- Reading
- Reigate and Banstead
- Rother
- Runnymede
- Rushmoor
- Sevenoaks
- Slough
- South Oxfordshire
- Southampton
- Spelthorne
- Surrey Heath
- Swale
- Tandridge
- Test Valley
- Thanet
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Tunbridge Wells
- Vale of White Horse
- Waverley
- Wealden
- West Berkshire
- West Oxfordshire
- Winchester
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Woking
- Wokingham
- Worthing
Yorkshire and the Humber15 councilsregister by
- Barnsley
- Bradford
- Calderdale
- Doncaster
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Kingston upon Hull, City of
- Kirklees
- Leeds
- North East Lincolnshire
- North Lincolnshire
- North Yorkshire
- Rotherham
- Sheffield
- Wakefield
- York
North West35 councilsregister by
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Blackpool
- Bolton
- Burnley
- Bury
- Cheshire East
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Chorley
- Cumberland
- Fylde
- Halton
- Hyndburn
- Knowsley
- Lancaster
- Liverpool
- Manchester
- Oldham
- Pendle
- Preston
- Ribble Valley
- Rochdale
- Rossendale
- Salford
- Sefton
- South Ribble
- St. Helens
- Stockport
- Tameside
- Trafford
- Warrington
- West Lancashire
- Westmorland and Furness
- Wigan
- Wirral
- Wyre
North East12 councilsregister by
- County Durham
- Darlington
- Gateshead
- Hartlepool
- Middlesbrough
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- North Tyneside
- Northumberland
- Redcar and Cleveland
- South Tyneside
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Sunderland
London33 councilsregister by
- Barking and Dagenham
- Barnet
- Bexley
- Brent
- Bromley
- Camden
- City of London
- Croydon
- Ealing
- Enfield
- Greenwich
- Hackney
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Haringey
- Harrow
- Havering
- Hillingdon
- Hounslow
- Islington
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Kingston upon Thames
- Lambeth
- Lewisham
- Merton
- Newham
- Redbridge
- Richmond upon Thames
- Southwark
- Sutton
- Tower Hamlets
- Waltham Forest
- Wandsworth
- Westminster
South West27 councilsregister by
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Bristol, City of
- Cheltenham
- Cornwall
- Cotswold
- Dorset
- East Devon
- Exeter
- Forest of Dean
- Gloucester
- Isles of Scilly
- Mid Devon
- North Devon
- North Somerset
- Plymouth
- Somerset
- South Gloucestershire
- South Hams
- Stroud
- Swindon
- Teignbridge
- Tewkesbury
- Torbay
- Torridge
- West Devon
- Wiltshire
All 296 English local authorities, matched to their ONS region. The rollout dates follow Schedule 1 of the draft Regulations and can still move. If your council is missing, or you think it is shown against the wrong region, tell us at [email protected].
What registering involves
Two entries, not one
One landlord entry, which is free, and one dwelling entry for each property. Each produces its own registration number.
£65 per property per year
Charged on the dwelling entry. There is no charge for the landlord entry itself. GOV.UK says the fee is pro-rated during the rollout, so registering early doesn’t cost more.
Renewal follows your first property
Every dwelling entry renews on the anniversary of the first one you created, not on its own. Properties added later are pro-rated in year one. If you own more than one property, this is the date that catches people out.
Changes go in within 28 days
A new gas safety record, a new EICR, a new licence number — the entry has to be updated within 28 days of the old information going out of date.
What you will be asked for
Your name, date of birth, address, phone and email. Then per property: the address, ownership and dwelling type, bedrooms, occupancy, HMO status, whether it is furnished, the rent and how often it is paid, your gas safety record, EICR and EPC, any licence numbers, and the freeholder’s contact details.
Empty properties and adverts come later
For now you only have to register properties that are let, or become let during the rollout. The Act also bans marketing a property without active entries and requires both registration numbers on adverts (Renters’ Rights Act 2025, s.82), but the government says these start under future legislation, not at your registration deadline.
Penalties
Renters’ Rights Act 2025, s.91(2) and s.92. Civil penalties, imposed by the local housing authority.
- Failing to register — and, once those duties start under future legislation, marketing a property without active entries or leaving the registration numbers out of an advertisement
- up to £7,000
- Knowingly or recklessly giving false or misleading information (s.92)
- up to £40,000
- Carrying on the breach more than 28 days after a penalty is imposed, or after an appeal is determined
- up to £40,000
- A repeat breach within five years of a relevant penalty or conviction
- up to £40,000
Rent Repayment Orders rose to a maximum of 24 months’ rent on 1 May 2026, with a two-year application window.
How you register
Registration happens on the government service, Register your rental property, and you do it yourself. Indate holds the dates and the documents so that the form is quick to fill in — it does not, and cannot, send anything to anyone.
You register on the government service yourself. Indate cannot submit a registration on your behalf, and nor can a letting agent — the landlord must do it personally.
Indate is an independent app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to GOV.UK, HM Government or any local authority.
Get ready to register — GOV.UK Housing Hub
Indate helps you keep track of dates and documents. It is not legal advice. You remain responsible for meeting your legal obligations.
Dates on this page are taken from the draft Regulations laid on 9 September 2026 and from GOV.UK’s guidance on them; the fee, the dates and the region mapping are all still draft. The draft Regulations need the approval of both Houses of Parliament before they become law. Last checked against both on 30 September 2026.