Unregistered Land UK – The facts

Dec. 3, 2009 - PRLog -- Unregistered land in the UK is land that it not registered with the Land Registry. This means that Land Registry do not hold any details regarding the owner of the property.

It does not mean that the unregistered land is ownerless land; all land in the UK is owned by someone, this includes waste land, scrub land and disused land. Finding the owners of abandoned property and buildings works in the same way as finding the owners of vacant land and the same is true; all derelict buildings have an owner.  Unregistered land can also be known as disused land or a vacant land search.

•   Not all land is registered with Land Registry – over a third in England and Wales is not

•   All land and all buildings have an owner – this includes waste land, scrub land, abandoned properties, disused land, empty buildings

•   Adverse possession takes at least 12 years, sometimes as much as 30 years

•   Unregistered just means that the property or piece of land is not registered with land registry it does not mean that it is ownerless.

Finding the owners of unregistered land UK is not an easy thing to do, there are no clear ways of finding owners; it is a case of investigating old documents and maps, speaking to people and researching information.

Some people do not want to find the owners of vacant land they would prefer to try and claim the land through adverse possession, this takes 12 years as a minimum and if the owner comes out of the wood work at any time then you are in trouble. Some people suggest putting a fence round  the land and using it, this is the principle idea of adverse possession but they fail to mention what happens when you fence it off at a cost of thousands and then someone comes out and proves ownership, you have wasted your money.

It is easier and more honest to simply find the owner and speak to them regarding the vacant land or building, you can then ask permission to use the land or even look at buying vacant land from them. In the UK over a third of all vacant land is not registered and finding the owners of land UK searches go on all the time.

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