Assured Periodic Tenancy Agreement Template, England (Renters' Rights Act 2025)

Assured tenancy agreement template: what the phrase means in 2026

An assured tenancy is the legal category almost every private residential letting in England falls into under the Housing Act 1988. Before 1 May 2026 most private lets used its fixed-term sub-type, the Assured Shorthold Tenancy. The Renters' Rights Act 2025 abolished new ASTs, so every assured tenancy granted since then runs periodically from day one, the assured periodic tenancy, or APT. A current assured tenancy agreement template is therefore an APT document, and that is what this download is.

When comparing templates, check for four things: no fixed-term or break-clause mechanics, a Section 13 rent-review clause served on Form 4A rather than a contractual escalator, the prescribed written statement of terms, and a pet-request clause reflecting the reasonableness test. A template that still describes itself as an AST fails all four.

Why a periodic tenancy agreement template, not an AST

Fixed-term Assured Shorthold Tenancies were abolished for new English lets on 1 May 2026. Every tenancy granted from that date is a periodic assured tenancy from day one, so the document you sign has to be drafted for the periodic regime: no fixed term, no break clause mechanics, a Section 13 rent-review clause instead of a contractual rent escalator, and the prescribed written statement of terms built into the agreement itself.

Most templates still circulating online were drafted for the old AST world. Using one for a new let does not make the tenancy fixed-term, the law overrides it, but it does leave you with a contract that misdescribes the tenancy, cites notices that no longer exist, and misses the terms the written statement regulations require.

What you get and how to use it

The download is an editable DOCX plus a typeset PDF. Work through the square-bracketed fields, names, address, rent, deposit scheme, then issue the completed statement to the tenant. The pack includes the Form 4A rent-increase notice as a separate ready-to-serve DOCX, an Information Sheet delivery acknowledgement form, and plain-English guidance notes on each clause.

Rent reviews under this agreement follow Section 13: one increase per 12 months, served on Form 4A with at least 2 months' notice. The tenant can end the tenancy at any time with 2 months' written notice; the landlord can only end it using a statutory Section 8 ground.

When to use this template

Use it for any new whole-property residential let in England, a house or flat let to one tenant, a couple or a family on a single agreement. It also works as the replacement written statement when an existing AST converts and you want the paperwork to match the law. For a room in a shared house use the HMO per-room version; for a lodger in your own home use the lodger agreement; for property in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland use the template for that nation.