1. Official publishers first

The public directory uses government, regulator and legislation websites. Each entry carries the publisher, destination and date checked. Commentary, commercial blogs and generated summaries do not enter the source directory.

2. Separate guidance for each UK nation

England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have different tenancy, registration, safety and possession systems. Complyard records which nation each source serves and keeps national material separate in the Guidance finder.

• England
• Wales
• Scotland
• Northern Ireland

3. Topics built around landlord work

Sources are organised into 8 landlord topics and 45 subcategories. A source can appear in more than one topic when it helps with more than one task.

4. Checked dates and change review

The current UK directory contains 49 official pages. Every page was last checked on or after 11 September 2026, and each page shows its own date in the directory. A change to a source is reviewed before a public update is written. Earlier source and update records are kept so the service can show how its information developed.

5. Local coverage

National registration and licensing gateways are available for all four nations. The detailed council directory currently begins with 15 English councils. We add councils one at a time. We do not guess local schemes, boundaries, fees or enforcement details from a national rule.

6. Coverage and corrections

The directory is a broad private-residential landlord reference, not an inventory of every unusual tenancy, property use or local scheme. We add broken pages, unclear commencement dates and missing local detail to our list to research. Corrections retain the earlier record instead of silently replacing it.