Documents needed to prove where you live in the Royal Borough

All documents must clearly show your name and your address in the Royal Borough. You must send us original documents with your application (this also applies for renewal applications). We will not accept photocopied, faxed or scanned documents.

From the selection below you must provide two documents to prove your residency. Note: If your driving licence does not show your current address you must still send it as it is proof you can drive.

Electoral register

If your name appears on the currently published electoral register you can use this as one proof of residency. You can find out if your name is on the electoral register by email to elect@rbkc.gov.uk or by  telephone on 020 7361 3444.

Council Tax Bill

If your name appears on the Council Tax bill for your address in the Borough you can use this as one proof of residency as long as the billing address is also your home address in the borough.

Please note that:

• if your name appears on both the Electoral Register and on the Council Tax bill for your address, these will count as the two proofs of residency you require. You do not need to provide documents to prove this as we can verify these details for you.
• if your name appears only on the Electoral Register or only on the Council Tax bill, you must provide one more original document from the list below.
• if your name does not appear in both the Electoral Register and the Council Tax bill, you must provide two original documents from the list below.

The documents we accept are:

i) Valid Driving Licence showing your name and address

ii Current Council or Housing Trust rent book or statement

iii) Valid Home Contents Insurance policy

iv) Current Benefits or Pension statement (relating to the current year)

v) Alien Registration Card

vii) Firearms Certificate

vii) Tenancy agreement (not handwritten, and valid for the duration of the permit you require)

viii) Current Bank or Building Society statement (dated within the last 3 months. We do not accept credit card or online statements)

ix) Solicitor’s letter of completion dated within the last three months. Please note we will issue a three month permit only if this is one of your proofs of residency. This will give you time to produce the two proofs we need to see when you renew your permit.

x) Accredited Diplomats can provide a letter from their Embassy as one of the proofs of residency.

The documents must clearly show your name and address.

We do not accept photocopied, faxed or scanned documents. We do not accept gas, electricity, phone, cable or water bills.

Living-in staff (nannies, chauffeurs and so on)

You will need to provide a current contract of employment which shows that you have to live in the Royal Borough as part of your job. You will need to provide one item from the list above to prove where you live.

We will only issue a maximum of a three-month permit.

Moving house

If you have moved into the Royal Borough in the last three months and cannot provide the necessary proof of where you live, we will issue a three-month permit when you provide either a new tenancy agreement or a solicitor's letter confirming that the sale has been completed.

You must register with Council Tax before we can process your application. This will give you enough time to produce the proof we need to see when the permit runs out.