Landlord database registration in London: deadline 14 October 2027

Written by GenZAgents, reviewed 28 October 2026. Sources below.

If your rental is in London, you must register it on the government's Register your rental property service (the landlord database, or PRS Database) by 14 October 2027. The requirement for London starts on 15 July 2027; the service opens to every landlord in England on 15 December 2026, so you can register earlier. The region goes by the property's address, not yours. London covers all 32 London boroughs and the City of London.

Councils in London and their licensing schemes

London has 33 local councils that act as the local housing authority (ONS, May 2026). The registration service asks whether each property needs an HMO, additional or selective licence, and for the licence numbers (draft Schedule 3, paragraph 10), so check your council first. Mandatory HMO licensing applies everywhere; these schemes are on top.

On 28 October 2026 we found 21 councils in London with selective licensing and 25 with additional HMO licensing, in force or designated to start.

Barking and Dagenham

Selective licensing (in force): Whole borough (three designation areas covering all 19 wards), until 5 April 2030. Council page
Additional HMO licensing (in force): Whole borough, until 8 January 2030. Council page

Bexley

Selective licensing (in force): Parts: Belvedere ward, until 12 January 2030. Council page

Brent

Selective licensing (in force): Whole borough except Wembley Park ward (Designation 1: Harlesden & Kensal Green, Dollis Hill, Willesden Green; Designation 2: other 18 wards). Council page
Additional HMO licensing (in force): Whole borough, until 2 February 2031. Council page

Camden

Additional HMO licensing (in force): Whole borough, until 8 December 2030. Council page

Croydon

Selective licensing (in force): Parts: 14 wards (Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Fairfield, Norbury and Pollards Hill, Norbury Park, Selhurst, South Croydon, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Waddon, West Thornton, Woodside). Council page
Additional HMO licensing (in force): Whole borough. Council page

Ealing

Selective licensing (in force): Parts: Designation 1 (East Acton, Southall Broadway, Southall Green) and Designation 2 (Acton Central, Dormers Wells, Greenford Broadway, Greenford Green, Hanger Hill, Hobbayne, Lady Margaret, North Greenford, Northolt Mandeville, Northolt West End, Perivale, South Acton), pre-May-2022 ward boundaries. Council page
Additional HMO licensing (in force): Whole borough. Council page

Greenwich

Selective licensing (in force): Parts of Plumstead (Glyndon/Plumstead Common), Shooters Hill, Woolwich Common and Woolwich Riverside wards, until 1 October 2027. Council page
Additional HMO licensing (in force): Whole borough, until 31 December 2028. Council page

Hackney

Selective licensing (in force): Parts: 17 of 21 wards (Brownswood, Cazenove, Clissold, Dalston, De Beauvoir, Hackney Central, Hackney Downs, Hackney Wick, Homerton, King's Park, Lea Bridge, London Fields, Shacklewell, Springfield, Stamford Hill West, Stoke Newington, Victoria), until 30 April 2031. Council page
Additional HMO licensing (in force): Whole borough. Council page

Hammersmith and Fulham

Selective licensing (in force): Parts: 24 named streets. Council page
Additional HMO licensing (in force): Whole borough. Council page

Haringey

Selective licensing (in force): Parts: 14 wards (Bounds Green, Bruce Castle, Harringay, Hermitage and Gardens, Noel Park, Northumberland Park, Seven Sisters, South Tottenham, St Ann's, Tottenham Central, Tottenham Hale, West Green, White Hart Lane, Woodside). Council page
Additional HMO licensing (in force): Whole borough, until 16 June 2029. Council page

Harrow

Selective licensing (in force): Parts: Edgware, Roxeth (from 2 May 2026); Greenhill, Marlborough (from 6 Jul 2026); Wealdstone North, Wealdstone South (from 1 Sep 2026). Council page
Additional HMO licensing (starts 6 January 2027). Council page

Havering

Selective licensing (in force): Parts: 7 wards (Beam Park, Harold Wood, Rainham and Wennington, Rush Green and Crowlands, Squirrels Heath, St Albans, St Edwards), until 17 March 2031. Council page
Additional HMO licensing (in force): Whole borough, until 17 March 2031. Council page

Hillingdon

Additional HMO licensing (in force): Whole borough, until 23 August 2031. Council page

Hounslow

Additional HMO licensing (in force): Whole borough, until 10 December 2030. Council page

Islington

Selective licensing (in force): Parts: Finsbury Park, Hillrise and Tollington wards; Barnsbury, Caledonian, Highbury, Junction, Laycock, Mildmay and Tufnell Park wards are added from 23 November 2026. Council page

Kensington and Chelsea

Additional HMO licensing (in force): Whole borough. Council page

Lambeth

Selective licensing (in force): Parts: all wards except Vauxhall and Waterloo & South Bank (Phase 1: 4 Streatham/Knights Hill wards from 2 Sep 2024; Phase 2: 19 wards from 1 Sep 2025). Council page
Additional HMO licensing (in force): Whole borough, until 8 December 2026. Council page

Lewisham

Selective licensing (in force): Most of borough (excludes e.g. Telegraph Hill and parts of Blackheath; see council map). Council page
Additional HMO licensing (in force): Whole borough. Council page

Merton

Selective licensing (in force): Parts: Figge's Marsh, Graveney, Longthornton, Pollards Hill wards. Council page
Additional HMO licensing (in force): Parts: Colliers Wood, Cricket Green, Figge's Marsh, Graveney, Lavender Fields, Longthornton, Pollards Hill wards. Council page

Newham

Selective licensing (in force): Whole borough except Royal Victoria and Stratford Olympic Park wards. Council page
Additional HMO licensing (in force): Whole borough except Royal Victoria and Stratford Olympic Park wards. Council page

Redbridge

Selective licensing (in force): Parts: Scheme 3 (Valentines, Ilford Town) and Scheme 4 (Aldborough, Barkingside, Chadwell, Churchfields, Clementswood, Cranbrook, Fairlop, Goodmayes, Hainault, Loxford, Mayfield, Newbury, Seven Kings, South Woodford, Wanstead Village). Council page
Additional HMO licensing (in force): Whole borough, until 17 September 2028. Council page

Southwark

Selective licensing (in force): Parts: 19 wards in Designations 1-4 (incl. Champion Hill, Newington, Faraday, Goose Green, St Giles, North Walworth, Nunhead & Queens Road, Old Kent Road, Peckham, Camberwell Green, Chaucer, Dulwich Hill, Dulwich Wood, London Bridge & West Bermondsey, Peckham Rye, Rotherhithe, Rye Lane, South Bermondsey, Surrey Docks). Council page
Additional HMO licensing (in force): Whole borough, until 1 March 2027. Council page

Sutton

Additional HMO licensing (in force): Whole borough. Council page

Tower Hamlets

Additional HMO licensing (in force): Whole borough, until 31 March 2029. Council page

Waltham Forest

Selective licensing (in force): Whole borough except Hatch Lane, Highams Park North and Endlebury wards, until 30 April 2030. Council page
Additional HMO licensing (in force): HMOs with 3 or more people outside mandatory licensing, including flats in purpose-built blocks of more than two flats, until 31 May 2030. Council page

Wandsworth

Selective licensing (in force): Parts: Designation 1 (Furzedown, Tooting Bec, Tooting Broadway, South Balham) from 1 Jul 2025; Designation 2 (East Putney, West Putney, Northcote) from 1 Apr 2026. Council page
Additional HMO licensing (in force): Whole borough, until 30 June 2030. Council page

Westminster

Selective licensing (in force): Parts: 15 of 18 wards (excludes Pimlico South, St James's, Vincent Square). Council page
Additional HMO licensing (in force): Whole borough, until 30 August 2031. Council page

No selective or additional scheme found on the council's own website: Bromley, City of London, Kingston upon Thames and Richmond upon Thames. That is not a guarantee: a council can start a scheme at any time, so check before you let.

Not verified: we could not confirm the schemes for Barnet, Enfield and Islington from the council's own website, so we list nothing for them here. Check with the council.

Before 14 October 2027

£65 a property a year (fee). Upload the gas safety record, EICR and EPC (full list) within 28 days or the entry becomes inactive (draft reg 11(2)(a)); renew anything that lapses before 14 October 2027 first. Up to £7,000 if you miss it (penalties).

Questions

When do landlords in London have to register?

The requirement starts on 15 July 2027 and the deadline is 14 October 2027. The service opens to every landlord in England on 15 December 2026, so you can register earlier.

Which councils in London have selective licensing?

As of 28 October 2026: Barking and Dagenham, Bexley, Brent, Croydon, Ealing, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Islington, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Newham, Redbridge, Southwark, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth and Westminster. Most schemes cover only some wards, so check the council's map for your street.

Which councils in London have additional HMO licensing?

As of 28 October 2026: Barking and Dagenham, Brent, Camden, Croydon, Ealing, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Newham, Redbridge, Southwark, Sutton, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth and Westminster.

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Sources

Dates: official guidance and the draft regulations, which Parliament has not yet approved (status). Fee: official guidance. Councils and schemes: read on each council's own website on 28 October 2026. Not legal advice. Last checked 28 October 2026.