Tenancy notice period calculator
Plan written notice received in person from 1 May 2026. Covers English monthly assured periodic tenancies, Welsh periodic standard contracts, Scottish PRTs and ordinary Northern Irish periodic tenancies. Landlord sale scenarios require more than twelve months of continuous occupation. Dates measure notice only. Verify forms, grounds, compliance and court or tribunal procedure before seeking possession. Excludes joint notices, fixed terms and agreed shorter periods. For English dates on days 29–31 the agreement must use month end in shorter months.
Worked example
Notice received on 12 November gives a four-week minimum date of 10 December. In England with rent due on the first, the first permitted end after two months is 31 January.
England requires two months ending on rent day or the preceding day from 1 May 2026. In Wales the contract-holder normally gives four weeks under the framework in force from 1 December 2022. Scottish PRT tenants give 28 days from receipt. In Northern Ireland tenant notice since 5 May 2022 is four weeks up to and including ten years, then eight weeks.
England · Wales · Scotland · Northern Ireland
Landlord planning a sale
For a qualifying English tenancy use the selling ground (1A) and four months’ notice. In Wales the example uses section 173 for an eligible periodic standard contract. The initial two-month transitional period for certain converted contracts ended on 31 May 2023. In Scotland the sale must be genuine and the landlord must intend to market the property within three months of the tenant leaving. This worksheet uses the 84-day period for an established PRT. For Northern Irish landlords the covered tenancies require eight weeks up to and including ten years and twelve weeks thereafter. On 12 November 2026 an established Scottish PRT reaches 84 days on 4 February 2027. An occupier remaining in the property requires the applicable legal process.
English possession grounds · Welsh landlord guidance · Scottish notice to leave · Northern Irish notice to quit
