Section 21 Notice

Legally give notice to terminate a tenancy agreement in England and Wales with this solicitor-approved section 21 notice template. Available to download now. 

This notice has been drafted so that it can be used to claim possession under both sections 21(1) and 21(4) of the Housing Act 1988.

This download should be used before the end of the fixed term and not used for tenants in rent arrears. 

Solicitor-approved section 21 notice template

This section 21 notice template has been endorsed by the NLA (National Landlords Association)...so you can be confident that it is the right legal form for you.

Plus this form has been approved by Anthony Gold Solicitors, leading experts in landlord and tenant law...so you can be sure that it's legally binding and up to date.

Contents of this section 21 notice download

This notice splits into two sections with different rules. These are: 

1. A notice that is served during the fixed term of a tenancy (e.g. within the dates agreed on in the Assured Shorthold Tenancy Agreement)
2. A notice that is served during a statutory periodic tenancy (e.g. where the fixed term has ended and no new tenancy agreement signed for another fixed-term)

This section 21 notice download has been designed by our team of landlord and tenancy law specialists to ensure that it is legally valid, under the Housing Act 1988, for both the tenancy agreement scenarios listed above.

Full guidance and instructions to complete the notice are included with your section 21 notice download. 

When to serve the section 21 notice form

This section 21 notice template can be used by a landlord wanting to give notice to terminate a tenancy agreement at the end of an Assured Shorthold Tenancy (AST) in England & Wales, under the Housing Act 1988. 

To legally give notice to terminate an Assured Shorthold Tenancy Agreement in England or Wales at the end of the tenancy agreement the landlord must give a section 21 notice form to their tenant. 

Under the Housing Act 1988, the landlord must give the tenant at least two months' notice.

When this section 21 notice template can be used

This section 21 notice template can be used by a landlord to give notice to terminate an Assured Shorthold Tenancy agreement in England & Wales, under the Housing Act 1988. 

This section 21 notice form can be used to give notice to terminate a tenancy agreement made using the following Lawpack tenancy agreements:

• Tenancy Agreement - Furnished (England & Wales)
• Tenancy Agreement - Unfurnished (England & Wales)
• Tenancy Agreement for a Room (England & Wales)

When this section 21 notice form cannot be used

Please be aware that this section 21 notice download can not be used to give notice to terminate a Short Assured Tenancy Agreement (in Scotland) or a Lodger Agreement. 

To give notice to terminate these tenancy agreements, use Lawpack's Notice to Terminate for a Short Assured Tenancy Agreement or Lawpack's Notice to Terminate a Lodger Agreement.

If your tenant is in rent arrears in England & Wales, then you should use Lawpack's Section 8 Notice.

Other information

• When and how to serve this eviction notice
• How to end an assured shorthold tenancy