Landlord register dates for every region in England
The landlord register opens one English region a month, from the West Midlands on 15 December 2026 to the South West on 15 August 2027. Each region has three months to register every home let there. Your date follows the council area the home is in.
The nine regions
These are the government's dates. Check your dates by postcode.
| Region | Opens | Register by |
|---|---|---|
| West Midlands | Opens15 Dec 2026 | Register by14 Mar 2027 |
| East of England | Opens15 Jan 2027 | Register by14 Apr 2027 |
| East Midlands | Opens15 Feb 2027 | Register by14 May 2027 |
| South East | Opens15 Mar 2027 | Register by14 Jun 2027 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | Opens15 Apr 2027 | Register by14 Jul 2027 |
| North West | Opens15 May 2027 | Register by14 Aug 2027 |
| North East | Opens15 Jun 2027 | Register by14 Sept 2027 |
| London | Opens15 Jul 2027 | Register by14 Oct 2027 |
| South West | Opens15 Aug 2027 | Register by14 Nov 2027 |
Three things that decide your date
Where the home is
Each home on its own
Early is allowed
Council areas in each region
Regions follow council areas, as listed in Schedule 1 of the draft regulations, with counties shown as the districts inside them.
West Midlandsopens 15 Dec 2026
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 Moorlands, Stoke-on-Trent, Stratford-on-Avon, Tamworth, Telford and Wrekin, Walsall, Warwick, Wolverhampton, Worcester, Wychavon, Wyre Forest
East of Englandopens 15 Jan 2027
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 Midlandsopens 15 Feb 2027
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 Eastopens 15 Mar 2027
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 Humberopens 15 Apr 2027
Barnsley, Bradford, Calderdale, Doncaster, East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull, Kirklees, Leeds, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire, Rotherham, Sheffield, Wakefield, York
North Westopens 15 May 2027
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 Eastopens 15 Jun 2027
County Durham, Darlington, Gateshead, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Northumberland, Redcar and Cleveland, South Tyneside, Stockton-on-Tees, Sunderland
Londonopens 15 Jul 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 Westopens 15 Aug 2027
Bath and North East Somerset, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Bristol, 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
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