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Land Registry

Land Registry Information & Advice. Land Registry Searches. Online Land Registry Documents, Deeds, Plans Etc.

What information is available in the Land Registry?
Names Index: A record of the names and addresses of every Registered Owner. The index is kept in respect of each county and shows the folio number(s) corresponding to the name.
Folio: This is a part of the register with its own distinct number on which details of the property, its ownership and any burdens affecting it appear.
Map: Original Ordnance Survey and other maps with all registered property delineated thereon are maintained in the Registry.
Filed Plan: Imaged electronic maps corresponding to property comprised in a folio are appended to the folio and called a Filed Plan.
Instrument: When a Dealing is finally completed, the title documents retained here are called Instruments. They bear the number which they were given when they were lodged as Dealings e.g. W2006WS009999Y

Land Registry Searches: Who is entitled to inspect documents?
Names Index, folio and map can be inspected by anyone on payment of the prescribed fee.
The instrument can only be inspected by the registered owner of the property, his personal representative and any person authorised by such persons or by an order of the court or by the Land Registration Rules 1972. Please note: Instruments are stored off-site and will not be available on the day of request.
Any person entitled to inspect a document filed in the Registry may obtain a copy of it