Local landlord rules
Registration, licensing and local guidance.
Choose the UK nation, then open the council or local authority page for the area your property is in.
Official UK publishers
Official landlord guidance by nation.
Open the guidance for the property's nation. Each nation's information stays separate.
15 checked councils
English council directory
A first set of official private-renting and licensing pages for councils with active landlord information.
15 councilsEvery page was last checked on or after .
- Birmingham City CouncilWest MidlandsOpen
- Blackpool CouncilNorth WestOpen
- Bristol City CouncilSouth WestOpen
- City of Doncaster CouncilYorkshire and the HumberOpen
- Ealing CouncilLondonOpen
- Enfield CouncilLondonCheck incomplete on 25 September 2026Open
- Leicester City CouncilEast MidlandsOpen
- Liverpool City CouncilNorth WestOpen
- Manchester City CouncilNorth WestOpen
- Newham CouncilLondonOpen
- Nottingham City CouncilEast MidlandsOpen
- Oxford City CouncilSouth EastOpen
- Portsmouth City CouncilSouth EastOpen
- Reading Borough CouncilSouth EastOpen
- Salford City CouncilNorth WestOpen
We will add more local authorities and scheme details in stages. Open the council's page for current scheme details.