Assured periodic tenancies: a guide for tenants
Ending a tenancy that started before 1 May 2026
Any valid notice you gave before 1 May 2026 still applies. Your tenancy will end on the date given in that notice.
If you want to end your tenancy
Your landlord cannot ask you to give more than 2 months’ notice. If there is already a notice period in your tenancy agreement, you may be able to give less notice than this.
How much notice you need to give depends on if before 1 May 2026 the tenancy was:
- a rolling ‘periodic’ tenancy from the start of your tenancy
- a fixed term tenancy with an end date on or after 1 May 2026
- a fixed term tenancy that ended before 1 May 2026
If your tenancy was a rolling ‘periodic’ tenancy from the start of your tenancy
If your tenancy agreement states that it is a rolling tenancy from the start, then the notice period in your tenancy agreement still applies.
For example, if your tenancy agreement says you only need to give one months’ notice, you do not need to give more.
If you had a fixed term tenancy with an end date on or after 1 May 2026
The notice period in your tenancy agreement still applies.
For example, if your tenancy agreement says you only need to give one months’ notice, you do not need to give more.
If you had a fixed term tenancy and the end date was before 1 May 2026
If the tenancy agreement has rules in it about what would happen once the fixed term ended, the notice period in your tenancy agreement usually still applies.
For example, if the tenancy agreement states that when your fixed term ends it automatically turns into a rolling tenancy, the notice period still applies.
If your tenancy agreement does not say what happens after the fixed term ends
The notice period in your tenancy agreement no longer applies. You’ll need to end your tenancy using the process for assured periodic tenancies.
Other written agreements
If you made a written agreement with your landlord in a different way, for example by email or text, that may still apply.