Darlington: register by 14 September 2027

If you rent out a home in Darlington, it needs to go on the new landlord register between 15 June 2027 and 14 September 2027. Darlington Borough Council is one of 12 councils in the North East. It’s the seventh of nine regions to open.

Darlington

Opens in 262 days

Opens: 15 June 2027
Deadline: 14 September 2027
Fee: £65 per property per year, less during the rollout. Registering yourself is free.
Where: GOV.UK, signing in with GOV.UK One Login

Region as defined by Schedule 1, Private Rented Sector Database Regulations 2026 (“North East”), councils as they existed on 15 December 2026. Today is 26 September 2026.

Before you register

For each home, the form asks for your gas safety record and your electrical safety report, and looks up the energy certificate itself. It’s worth checking all three are in date first. Everything the form asks

What happens if you miss it

Still going through Parliament. The dates and the fee are the government’s published plan, and the regulations that make them law are waiting for Parliament’s approval. What happens if you don’t register applies once they’re in force. We’ll update this as soon as they are. Draft Private Rented Sector Database Regulations 2026; GOV.UK’s dates. Checked 24 September 2026.

Until you and the home are both on the register, a court can’t give you the home back, except for antisocial behaviour or crime by the tenant, someone living with them or a visitor. The council can fine you up to £7,000. Renters’ Rights Act 2025 s.82, s.90 and s.91.

Each home is registered separately, so homes in other regions have their own deadlines. After that, everything renews together once a year, and if anything on the register changes you have 28 days to update it. Private Rented Sector Database Regulations 2026 (draft), regs 8 to 10.