Rental application form. Written for the rules in force since 1 May 2026.

Who the applicant is and how to reach them, where they have lived for the last three years and who their landlord is, the move-in date, how many people will live there, pets and smoking, their work and income from all sources, whether a guarantor is available, and whether each adult can show their right to rent. Each is something a landlord or a referencing agency checks. The date of birth is optional, and needed only if the application goes ahead, for a reference or credit check.

Not discriminate on disability, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation (Equality Act 2010 s.33, with limited exceptions in Schedule 5), and since 1 May 2026 not turn people away because a child would live with or visit them, or because they claim benefits (Renters’ Rights Act 2025 ss.33 and 34). Those sections also cover enquiries, viewings, information about the home and any rule or practice that makes families or benefit claimants less likely to get the tenancy, with narrow exceptions, such as a term of the landlord’s insurance.

No. Under the Tenant Fees Act 2019 a payment is prohibited unless Schedule 1 permits it, and Schedule 1 lists rent, the tenancy deposit, a holding deposit and a few set payments, not a fee for applying. The form says applying costs nothing.

Not before the tenancy agreement is signed: since 1 May 2026 rent payable before the tenancy is entered into is a prohibited payment (Tenant Fees Act 2019 Sch 1 para 1(1A)). After signing, a term making rent due before the period it pays for has no effect, except the initial rent, which can be due between signing and the day before the tenancy begins (Housing Act 1988 s.4B).

Not if you are to accept it. Since 1 May 2026 a landlord must state the rent in an advert or a written offer, must not invite or encourage offers above it, and must not accept one (Renters’ Rights Act 2025 s.56). GOV.UK puts it plainly: “You cannot accept offers above the advertised rent.”

The same way for everyone. The Home Office guide says to check every adult who will live in the home as their only or main home, to apply the same checking process to all, and that you cannot require a particular method. So the form explains the check and asks whether each adult will be able to show their right to rent before the move-in date. The check itself is done before the tenancy starts, and the Right to Rent check wizard walks through it.

Yes. It collects personal data, so UK GDPR Article 13 says the applicant must be told who is collecting it and how to reach them, why and on what basis, who it goes to, how long it is kept, their rights, and that they can complain to the regulator. Since 30 September 2026 that is the Information Commission (ico.org.uk). The form’s last page sets this out with your details.

A holding deposit can be no more than one week’s rent (Tenant Fees Act 2019 Sch 1 para 3). Unless you agree a different day in writing, the deadline for agreeing the tenancy is the fifteenth day counting the day you receive it (Sch 2 para 2), and in most cases it must be repaid within 7 days (Sch 2 para 4). The form mentions one only if you set it, and never above one week’s rent.

Applicants apply through one link for each property and every application lands in one list, on every plan. On the 3-day trial and paid plans you book viewings and track the holding deposit’s 15-day clock; the money is never taken through LetCompliance. References are ordered per check: £24.99 for a full reference and £19.99 for a guarantor. The chosen applicant becomes the tenant without retyping. A paper form is not imported.