Register Your Rental Property: England Deadlines & £65 Fee

Private landlords in England with assured or regulated tenancies will need to register themselves and each property they let through the new **Register your rental property** service. The regional rollout opens on **15 December 2026** and runs until **14 November 2027**.

This service is the first stage of the new Private Rented Sector (PRS) Database created under the Renters' Rights Act 2025. This guide reflects the government's published rollout information and draft database regulations available on 7 October 2026. Parliament may amend the regulations before they are made. This is practical information, not legal advice, and should be checked against the latest government guidance before you act.

Who needs to register?

The initial rollout applies to landlords of properties in England that are let under an assured or regulated tenancy. Landlords of supported exempt accommodation, as defined by section 12 of the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023, will not need to register that accommodation. If you are unsure whether the exception applies, check the legislation or obtain professional advice rather than assuming the property is exempt.

A currently empty property does not initially need an entry, but it must be registered if it becomes occupied under an assured tenancy during the rollout.

The government says a later phase will require properties to be registered before they are marketed and registration numbers to appear in adverts. That requirement is **not yet in force**, and no start date for the public-facing property search has been confirmed.

Registration is separate from selective, additional and mandatory HMO licensing. Holding a property licence does not remove the database registration requirement.

Regional registration dates

You can register from 15 December 2026 even if your property's regional deadline is later. The deadline follows the location of each property, not where the landlord lives, so landlords with properties in several regions should track them separately. The government says the first year's £65 property fee will be pro-rated during rollout.

Check your property's regional deadline, then download the date as a calendar event. The checker uses the timetable below and does not decide whether a tenancy is in scope. You do not need to enter an address or personal details.

All deadlines expire at midnight at the end of the date shown.

Information to prepare

Use this short preparation checklist for each property, then review the detailed information below. Download the printable registration preparation checklist.

• Confirm the tenancy is in scope and record the property's region and deadline.
• Check access to GOV.UK One Login and gather the relevant landlord or organisation details privately.
• Check the ownership, tenancy, rent, occupancy and licensing information against current records.
• Locate the relevant gas, electrical and energy documents, including any applicable exemption evidence.
• Agree what your agent will supply and who will check missing information.
• After registration, keep the official confirmation, references and payment record, and record any follow-up actions.

The checklist and regional checker were checked against Housing Hub guidance on 17 October 2026. The wider guide's legislative review date is shown below; check official updates before acting.

Set up or check access to your GOV.UK One Login, then gather the information property by property before the service opens. The published requirements include:

Landlord details

• For individuals: name, date of birth, residential address, telephone number and email address.
• For organisations: legal identity and type, address, contact details, nominated contact and the person making the entry.
• Companies House or charity registration details where applicable, plus additional controller, partner, trustee or governing-body details where required.
• Details for every joint landlord; joint owners who are landlords must each register.

Property and tenancy details

• Full property address, dwelling type, number of bedrooms and freehold or leasehold status.
• Relevant landlord, freeholder, superior landlord or property manager details.
• Whether it is let and furnished, part-furnished or unfurnished.
• Rent amount, payment frequency and whether bills are included.
• Number of residents and households, including whether the property is an HMO.
• Applicable selective, additional or mandatory HMO licence details.

Safety and energy records

• Latest gas safety record and issue date where the dwelling has a gas supply.
• Current EICR or Electrical Installation Certificate and relevant expiry date.
• EPC details, whether it needed to be given to the tenant, or the latest tenancy start date where an expired EPC does not need replacing.
• Any registered Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards exemption.

Keep this evidence organised using the landlord document storage guide and add the registration dates to your portfolio compliance calendar.

Registration workflow

• Confirm which properties are in scope and whether the supported exempt accommodation exception applies to any of them.
• List every property you let under an assured or regulated tenancy and assign its English region.
• Record the regional start date and deadline for each property.
• Gather identity, ownership, tenancy, rent, licensing, safety and energy information.
• Set up the GOV.UK One Login you intend to use. If you cannot use the online route, look for the government's offline registration support when the service launches.
• From 15 December 2026, use the government service to create the landlord entry and a separate dwelling entry for each property. The government service link is not yet live.
• Pay the £65 annual fee for each property and record the landlord and property registration numbers.
• Supply all required property information within 28 days if it was not supplied when the entry was created.
• Store the confirmation, reference numbers, submitted information and payment evidence against the property.
• Schedule the annual renewal and a process for reporting changes within 28 days.

The landlord remains responsible for starting and finishing registration. A letting agent or property manager may upload certain information if you agree, but cannot take over the whole process in the ordinary case. Government guidance for agents and the service link are expected before registration opens.

Keeping the entry active

Registration is not a one-off task. The £65 property fee is payable annually, on or before the registration anniversary, and the entry must remain active throughout the tenancy.

Update relevant details within 28 days when something changes. Common triggers include a renewed gas or electrical certificate, a new EPC or MEES exemption, a rent change, or a change in occupier numbers. Add these checks to your landlord compliance checklist.

What happens if a landlord does not comply?

Once the relevant enforcement provisions apply, local authorities will be able to enforce the database rules after the applicable regional deadline. Published consequences include:

• Civil penalties of up to **£7,000** for specified registration, advertising or updating breaches.
• Civil penalties of up to **£40,000** for knowingly or recklessly supplying false or misleading information, or certain repeat or continuing breaches.
• Possible rent repayment orders in specified cases.
• Restrictions on obtaining a possession order while the required landlord and dwelling entries are not active, except for specified anti-social-behaviour grounds.

Because the consequences can be significant, confirm your position against the legislation or obtain professional advice if the tenancy type, ownership structure or registration duty is unclear.

How RentPilot can help you prepare

RentPilot compliance tracking can keep the supporting certificates, property details, deadlines and follow-up tasks together. Create a registration task for each property, attach the confirmation and reference numbers, and schedule annual renewal and 28-day update checks. RentPilot does not submit the government registration for you or replace the official service. Create an account from 99p if you are ready to turn the guide into a property-by-property preparation tracker.

Sources reviewed

• Housing Hub: Get ready for the Register your rental property service.
• GOV.UK: Stronger protections and greater confidence for renters (9 September 2026).
• Draft Private Rented Sector Database Regulations 2026.
• Renters' Rights Act 2025.

Next step

Identify the region and deadline for every actively let property now. Then add registration, the 28-day information/update window and annual renewal to your England landlord compliance hub workflow.