HM Land Registry Practice Guides

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• Evidence of identity (PG67)

  This guide explains when evidence of identity is required and how it should be given. It is aimed at conveyancers and you should interpret references to ‘you’ accordingly.

• Developing estates: registration services - approval of draft transfers and leases (PG41s3)

  This guide contains general guidance on the preparation of standard forms of draft transfers and leases. The supplement is aimed at developers, their legal advisers and surveyors and you should interpret references to ‘you’ accordingly.

• Charitable incorporated organisations (PG14a)

  This guide supplements Practice guide 14: charities and deals with the land registration aspects of transactions involving charitable incorporated organisations, including their dissolution. It is aimed at conveyancers and legal advisers to charities and to those acquiring land from charities.

• Leases: when to register (PG25)

  This guide deals with the compulsory and voluntary registration aspects of leasehold estates in land, including those that cannot be registered.

• Using our forms for complex and more unusual transactions (PG21)

  This guide is aimed at conveyancers.

• Requisition and cancellation procedures (PG50)

  This guide gives advice on how to avoid requisitions on applications and our procedures where they do need to be raised. It is aimed at conveyancers.

• Adverse possession of registered land (PG4)

  This guide tells you about applications for adverse possession of registered land, the procedures for making these applications and the options available to anyone served with notice of such an application.

• Leases: determination (PG26)

  This guide gives you information about the different situations in which leases are determined and how the determination affects registered titles. It gives advice on how to lodge your application with HM Land Registry and sets out the documentation required in support of your application.

• First registrations (PG1)

  This guide deals with the procedure to be followed when applying for first registration of unregistered estates in land. It does not deal with the effects of registration or the characteristics of the various classes of title with which land may be registered.

• Charitable incorporated organisations (PG14a)

  This guide supplements Practice guide 14: charities and deals with the land registration aspects of transactions involving charitable incorporated organisations, including their dissolution. It is aimed at conveyancers and legal advisers to charities and to those acquiring land from charities.

Featured documents

• Land charges: registration, official search, office copy and cancellation (PG63)

  This guide gives advice about applications to HM Land Registry, Land Charges Department to register an interest in unregistered land, to search the index, to obtain an office copy and to cancel an entry....

• Discharge of charges (PG31)

  This guide deals with discharges of registered and noted charges and withdrawals of notices of deposit of land and charge certificates. It is aimed at conveyancers and you should interpret references to ‘you’ accordingly....

• Restrictions and leasehold properties (PG19A)

  We only provide factual information and impartial advice about our procedures. Read more about the advice we give....

• Amending deeds that effect dispositions of registered land (PG68)

  This guide details HM Land Registry practice and requirements relating to applications supported by a transfer or deed to update the register to correct a mistake in an earlier deed....

• Manors: manorial titles and rights (PG22)

  This guide provides basic background information about manorial titles and rights. It describes the information held by HM Land Registry and the general effect on registered land of interests that have their origins in the historical manors of England and Wales....

• HM Land Registry plans: boundaries (PG40s3)

  This supplement gives an overview of boundaries including general boundaries, boundary ownership and maintenance....

• Registration of legal charges and deeds of variation of charge (PG29)

  This guide gives advice on the registration of legal charges and deeds of variation of the terms of a registered charge at HM Land Registry. It is aimed at conveyancers....

• Souvenir land: guidance on making applications (PG17)

  This guide gives information on land known as souvenir land and advice on making applications to register it....

• Developing estates: estate boundary approval (PG41s1)

  Estate boundary approval is a free service that you can use before the estate layout has been designed. It compares the developer’s first site survey with the extent of the registered title so any differences between the registered title boundaries and the physical estate boundaries can be...

• Profits a prendre (taking natural resources from another's land) (PG16)

  This guide gives advice on:...