Right to Rent checks for landlords in Torridge
Right to Rent checks works exactly the same for every landlord in England, Torridge included - there's no local variation on the legal duty itself. What is specific to Torridge is the area it covers, below.
Every tenancy needs a Right to Rent check completed before the tenancy starts - and for tenants with time-limited permission to be in the UK, a follow-up check on a set date after that. Kept records both dates against the tenancy and reminds you when a follow-up check falls due, which is the one most landlords lose track of.
How to meet this duty, step by step
Record the initial check
Log the date you checked, what you saw (passport, BRP, share code via the Home Office online service) - filed against the tenancy from day one.
Time-limited permission, tracked
If the tenant's permission to stay is time-limited, Kept records the follow-up date the check is due again and reminds you ahead of it - the exact date most landlords have no system for at all.
One record per tenancy
Every check sits on the tenancy file next to the tenant's other details, ready to show in an audit pack if it's ever asked for.
Straight answers.
Does Kept do the actual Right to Rent check for me?
No - the check itself (via the Home Office's online service or physical documents) is yours to carry out. Kept records the dates and evidence once you've done it, and reminds you when a follow-up is due.
What if the tenant has permanent right to rent?
Record the initial check as normal and leave the follow-up date blank - Kept won't create a nagging reminder for a check that was never required again.
What's the penalty for getting this wrong?
Right to Rent is a strict statutory scheme with civil penalties (and potential criminal liability for repeat/knowing breaches) for landlords who let to someone without the right to rent - which is exactly why the dated record matters.
More duties in Torridge
Gas Safety Record (CP12)
Renewal tracked from expiry, reminders from 60 days out, proof of service to tenants logged. Knows the 2-month early-renewal rule that keeps your date fixed.
Electrical report (EICR)
Five years goes quicker than you think. Kept remembers so you don't have to - including the 28-day duty to give tenants a copy.
Energy certificate (EPC)
Expiry tracked from the certificate details you confirm - band E is the current minimum for most domestic private lets unless exempt, and proposed changes are flagged only when they become law.
The follow-up date nobody else remembers.
Checked, dated, and chased again exactly when it's due.
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