Unregistered land is simply land that has not been registered with the Land Registry, it does not mean that it is ownerless or abandoned land. It means that Land registry will not have information regarding the land so performing a Title plan search or a Title Register search on the unregistered land will not help. The key is to remember that in most cases the owner will know they own the land and will be able to prove this via the paper copy of the Title Deeds. Unregistered land usually means that the land has been owned by the same person, company or family for many years and this is why it is not registered. Now all land and property, with few exceptions must go through the process of first registration.
To see if a piece of land is registered or not you must perform a land registry online search. For Scotland the same principles apply although the Scottish Land Registry is slightly different and it does take longer to obtain documents from them.
When a piece of land is not registered with land registry in the UK you still have options open to you in terms of moving forward and either locating the owners or claiming the land.
If you have found a piece of unregistered land in the UK these are the two options if you want to own or use the piece of unused land.
So you have found a piece of unregistered land in the UK. Unregistered land is also known as
The fact is, unregistered land in the UK is not ownerless, all unregistered land and buildings in the UK are owned by someone. So the first option is to trace the owner, this is ideal if you wish to purchase the unregistered land. Finding the owners of unregistered land is a difficult task and one that should not be taken lightly. The owner may be known locally so speaking to local people may reveal the current owners whereabouts. Talking to large companies can also be fruitful but the truth is that it may be worth using a professional company to find the owner of an unregistered piece of land or building in the UK.
Option two is more difficult to achieve, option one is simple, find the owner of the disused land and buy it from them. Option two is not to look for the owner at all and claim the land via adverse possession, this is a long term option as it takes 12 years of continuous use before you can apply to the Land Registry to register the land as your own, and when you do they will try and locate the rightful owner and see if anyone else has a claim on the land. Regardless of what you may read claiming unregistered land or buildings in the UK via adverse possession is not an easy task, saying that it can be done. It would be more suitable for someone who has been using a piece of land continually for a long period of time rather than if someone was to spy a disused building and claim it as their own.
There is more information and advice available on these matters at
http://www.findermonkey.co.uk/unregistered-land-buildings
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