Registration
London properties: PRS Database registration window 15 July to 14 October 2027
For let properties in Greater London (the 32 boroughs and the City of London), the registration requirement starts on 15 July 2027 and registration must be completed by 14 October 2027.
- Status
- Not yet in force: confirmed from 15 July 2027
- Penalty
- Civil penalty up to £7,000, Criminal offence, Rent repayment
- Topic
- Registration
We hold this rule at medium confidence. Read the linked law before you rely on it.
Who it applies to
Let property located in London, regardless of where the landlord lives.
What you will need to do
Complete the landlord entry and a dwelling entry for each London let property, and pay the £65 per-property fee, on or before 14 October 2027 (see prs-database-registration for content).
- Deadline
By 14 October 2027
Requirement starts 15 July 2027; councils can begin enforcement after 14 October 2027 (GOV.UK).
Evidence to keep
- Landlord and dwelling registration confirmations
- Fee receipts
If you do not comply
- Civil penalty
- Up to £7,000, once this rule is in force
- Criminal offence
- Yes, once this rule is in force
- Rent repayment
- A rent repayment order can be made
- Other consequences
- As prs-database-registration once commenced.
The law
- Renters' Rights Act 2025, s.63 (meaning of residential landlord)legislation.gov.uk
- Renters' Rights Act 2025, s.77 (making entries in the database)legislation.gov.uk
- Renters' Rights Act 2025, s.78 (keeping entries up to date)legislation.gov.uk
- Renters' Rights Act 2025, s.79 (active and inactive entries)legislation.gov.uk
- Renters' Rights Act 2025, s.81 (fees)legislation.gov.uk
- Renters' Rights Act 2025, s.82 (restrictions on marketing, advertising and letting; duty to have active entries)legislation.gov.uk
- Renters' Rights Act 2025, s.91 (financial penalties)legislation.gov.uk
- Renters' Rights Act 2025, s.92 (offences)legislation.gov.uk
- Draft Private Rented Sector Database Regulations 2026 (laid before Parliament; not yet made)legislation.gov.uk
Official guidance
Notes
London region per draft regulations Schedule 1: City of London and all 32 London boroughs. Same commencement caveat as prs-database-registration.
Other registration rules
3 rules- Register yourself and each let property on the PRS Database ('Register your rental property')Not yet in force: confirmed from 15 December 2026Fine up to £7,000
From 15 December 2026, region by region, landlords of assured and regulated tenancies must register themselves and every let property on the government's 'Register your rental property' service, pay £65 per property per year, and keep entries up to date.
- No possession order while you lack an active PRS Database entry (except Grounds 7A/14)Not yet in force: confirmed, no start date
Once commenced, a court cannot make a possession order while the landlord (or any joint landlord) does not have active landlord and property entries on the PRS Database, except for anti-social behaviour Grounds 7A and 14.
- Landlord ombudsman (redress scheme) membership: expected 2028, not yet requiredNot yet in force: confirmed, no start dateFine up to £7,000
Private landlords will have to join a government-approved landlord redress scheme (the PRS Landlord Ombudsman). The government expects mandatory sign-up in 2028; no start date has been set in law.