When do I need to register on the PRS Database?
Last checked 28 September 2026
England's landlord register rolls out one region a month from 15 December 2026. Each region then has three months to register. Your dates depend on where the property is, not where you live.
Every region's dates
| Region | Rules apply from | Registration deadline |
|---|---|---|
| West Midlands | 15 December 2026 | 14 March 2027 |
| East of England | 15 January 2027 | 14 April 2027 |
| East Midlands | 15 February 2027 | 14 May 2027 |
| South East | 15 March 2027 | 14 June 2027 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 15 April 2027 | 14 July 2027 |
| North West | 15 May 2027 | 14 August 2027 |
| North East | 15 June 2027 | 14 September 2027 |
| London | 15 July 2027 | 14 October 2027 |
| South West | 15 August 2027 | 14 November 2027 |
What the dates mean
- From 15 December 2026 anyone can register, wherever their properties are. The government says landlords with properties in several regions can register them all at once.
- "Rules apply from" is the date the regulations start to apply in that region.
- "Registration deadline" is the date by which let properties in the region must be registered, as published by the government.
- Council areas are fixed as they existed on 15 December 2026, so a later council merger doesn't move your dates.
- You only have to register properties that are let, or become let during the rollout. Empty homes come later.
Which councils are in each region?
The regulations list the unitary, metropolitan, London borough and county councils in each region. We have added the district councils inside each county (from the Office for National Statistics' council-to-region lookup) so you can find yours by name.
West Midlands: 15 December 2026 to 14 March 2027
Birmingham, Bromsgrove, Cannock Chase, Coventry, Dudley, East Staffordshire, Herefordshire, Lichfield, Malvern Hills, Newcastle-under-Lyme, North Warwickshire, Nuneaton and Bedworth, Redditch, Rugby, Sandwell, Shropshire, Solihull, South Staffordshire, Stafford, Staffordshire (county), Staffordshire Moorlands, Stoke-on-Trent, Stratford-on-Avon, Tamworth, Telford and Wrekin, Walsall, Warwick, Warwickshire (county), Wolverhampton, Worcester, Worcestershire (county), Wychavon, Wyre Forest.
East of England: 15 January 2027 to 14 April 2027
Babergh, Basildon, Bedford, Braintree, Breckland, Brentwood, Broadland, Broxbourne, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (county), Castle Point, Central Bedfordshire, Chelmsford, Colchester, Dacorum, East Cambridgeshire, East Hertfordshire, East Suffolk, Epping Forest, Essex (county), Fenland, Great Yarmouth, Harlow, Hertfordshire (county), Hertsmere, Huntingdonshire, Ipswich, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, Luton, Maldon, Mid Suffolk, Norfolk (county), North Hertfordshire, North Norfolk, Norwich, Peterborough, Rochford, South Cambridgeshire, South Norfolk, Southend-on-Sea, St Albans, Stevenage, Suffolk (county), Tendring, Three Rivers, Thurrock, Uttlesford, Watford, Welwyn Hatfield, West Suffolk.
East Midlands: 15 February 2027 to 14 May 2027
Amber Valley, Ashfield, Bassetlaw, Blaby, Bolsover, Boston, Broxtowe, Charnwood, Chesterfield, Derby, Derbyshire (county), Derbyshire Dales, East Lindsey, Erewash, Gedling, Harborough, High Peak, Hinckley and Bosworth, Leicester, Leicestershire (county), Lincoln, Lincolnshire (county), Mansfield, Melton, Newark and Sherwood, North East Derbyshire, North Kesteven, North Northamptonshire, North West Leicestershire, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (county), Oadby and Wigston, Rushcliffe, Rutland, South Derbyshire, South Holland, South Kesteven, West Lindsey, West Northamptonshire.
South East: 15 March 2027 to 14 June 2027
Adur, Arun, Ashford, Basingstoke and Deane, Bracknell Forest, Brighton and Hove, Buckinghamshire, Canterbury, Cherwell, Chichester, Crawley, Dartford, Dover, East Hampshire, East Sussex (county), Eastbourne, Eastleigh, Elmbridge, Epsom and Ewell, Fareham, Folkestone and Hythe, Gosport, Gravesham, Guildford, Hampshire (county), Hart, Hastings, Havant, Horsham, Isle of Wight, Kent (county), Lewes, Maidstone, Medway, Mid Sussex, Milton Keynes, Mole Valley, New Forest, Oxford, Oxfordshire (county), Portsmouth, Reading, Reigate and Banstead, Rother, Runnymede, Rushmoor, Sevenoaks, Slough, South Oxfordshire, Southampton, Spelthorne, Surrey (county), Surrey Heath, Swale, Tandridge, Test Valley, Thanet, Tonbridge and Malling, Tunbridge Wells, Vale of White Horse, Waverley, Wealden, West Berkshire, West Oxfordshire, West Sussex (county), Winchester, Windsor and Maidenhead, Woking, Wokingham, Worthing.
Yorkshire and the Humber: 15 April 2027 to 14 July 2027
Barnsley, Bradford, Calderdale, Doncaster, East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull (Hull), Kirklees, Leeds, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire, Rotherham, Sheffield, Wakefield, York.
North West: 15 May 2027 to 14 August 2027
Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool, Bolton, Burnley, Bury, Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Chorley, Cumberland, Fylde, Halton, Hyndburn, Knowsley, Lancashire (county), 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 East: 15 June 2027 to 14 September 2027
County Durham, Darlington, Gateshead, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Northumberland, Redcar and Cleveland, South Tyneside, Stockton-on-Tees, Sunderland.
London: 15 July 2027 to 14 October 2027
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 West: 15 August 2027 to 14 November 2027
Bath and North East Somerset, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Bristol, Cheltenham, Cornwall, Cotswold, Devon (county), Dorset, East Devon, Exeter, Forest of Dean, Gloucester, Gloucestershire (county), Isles of Scilly, Mid Devon, North Devon, North Somerset, Plymouth, Somerset, South Gloucestershire, South Hams, Stroud, Swindon, Teignbridge, Tewkesbury, Torbay, Torridge, West Devon, Wiltshire.
Next: work out your fee or read how to register.
Sources
- GOV.UK Housing Hub: Get ready for the 'Register your rental property' service
- Private Rented Sector Database Regulations 2026, Schedule 1 (regions and councils)
- ONS Open Geography: Local Authority District to Region (December 2024) lookup
- NRLA news: Landlord database rollout to start in December (9 September 2026)
This is general information, not legal advice. Rules can change: check GOV.UK, and get legal advice for your own situation.