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Every page on Landlord Deadlines, grouped by section. The home page starts with the six jobs landlords usually come for.
Free tools
- All free tools
- PRS deadline by postcode Your registration deadline from your rental property's postcode.
- Do I need to register? Four questions: assured, regulated, lodgers, holiday and empty lets.
- Compliance calendar (.ics) Every landlord deadline added to your phone calendar.
- Certificate expiry checker Gas safety, EICR and EPC expiry dates in seconds.
- Free certificate tracker Excel download for up to 10 properties, no email needed.
- Raising the rent: section 13 Form 4A, two months' notice, once a year, plus a start-date calculator.
- Deposit cap The 5 or 6 weeks' rent limit, with a calculator.
- Tenant pet requests The 28-day rule, reasonable refusals and deposits.
- Section 8 notice periods Earliest court date for every ground, with a calculator.
- MTD threshold checker Does Making Tax Digital apply to your rental income?
Guides
- All guides
- Gas safety certificates Annual checks, the 28-day rule and renewing 2 months early.
- EICR electrical safety The 5-year rule and every 28-day deadline.
- Smoke and CO alarm rules Which rooms need alarms, start-of-tenancy checks and penalties.
- Legionella risk assessment What HSE requires, and why no certificate is needed.
- EPC minimum rating (MEES) The E rating rule, £3,500 cap and exemptions.
- PRS Exemptions Register Registering an EPC exemption and the evidence for each one.
- Tenancy deposit protection The 30-day rule, prescribed information and 1-3x penalties.
- Right to Rent checks Who to check, share codes, follow-up checks and fines.
- Section 8: getting your property back Selling, moving in, rent arrears and the 12-month re-let ban.
- Making Tax Digital for landlords Thresholds, quarterly deadlines and calendar downloads.
- MTD with a spreadsheet Bridging software and HMRC's no-copy-and-paste rule.
- Renters' Rights Act checklist What changed on 1 May 2026, and what to check today.
Licensing
- Property licensing overview
- Property licensing checker Additional and selective licensing schemes by council.
- Property licensing map Which councils run extra HMO or selective licensing, where and until when.
- HMO and selective licensing Does your property need a licence, and what the database asks.
Licensing: West Midlands councils
Licensing: East of England councils
Registration
- All regions and dates
- Registering on the PRS database Deadlines by region, the £65 fee and every document you'll need.
- West Midlands: opens 15 December 2026, deadline 14 March 2027
- East of England: opens 15 January 2027, deadline 14 April 2027
- East Midlands: opens 15 February 2027, deadline 14 May 2027
- South East: opens 15 March 2027, deadline 14 June 2027
- Yorkshire and the Humber: opens 15 April 2027, deadline 14 July 2027
- North West: opens 15 May 2027, deadline 14 August 2027
- North East: opens 15 June 2027, deadline 14 September 2027
- London: opens 15 July 2027, deadline 14 October 2027
- South West: opens 15 August 2027, deadline 14 November 2027
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