Land Registry
Public guidance
Visit our public guidance page for a range of property matters including property ownership, registering property and property boundaries. This guidance is aimed primarily at members of the public and professionals who are not conveyancers.
Essentials
Our self-service training package will help you with the basics whether youre new to conveyancing or just need a refresher. This includes working with HM Land Registry, and preparing and submitting high-quality applications.
Guidance pages
Visit our individual guidance pages to access training materials and information on the following topics:
- Help for business customers who use a case management system to access conveyancing services through Business Gateway.
- Help for business customers to submit applications digitally.
- Help for business customers to submit applications digitally using the HM Land Registry portal.
- How to ensure deeds are validly executed before they are submitted with applications for registration.
- Help with calculating the correct fee for HM Land Registry applications and services.
- Help with registering unregistered land for the first time, including registering land when deeds are lost or destroyed.
- Help with downloading and using the correct forms for your application.
- Help with the identity requirements for applications.
- How to access information from the Land Register and apply for searches.
- Help with registering and noting leases.
- How to lodge quality plans with your application.
- Help for business customers to access the HM Land Registry portal.
- How to get information about Price Paid Data.
Register of Overseas Entities registration and verification
- Technical guidance for understanding the Register of Overseas Entities and the requirements it places on overseas entities that own land within the UK.
- How to avoid requisitions on applications and what happens when they need to be raised.
- How to register new restrictions and deal with existing restrictions in the register.
- How to access guidance on HM Land Registrys specialist support services.
- How to access information about the volume and type of applications completed by HM Land Registry each month.
- How to avoid requisitions about variations between names in the register, application forms and deeds submitted for registration.
Practice guides
See our practice guides for detailed information on land registration. These guides are aimed primarily at conveyancers and often deal with complex matters and use legal terms.
Commonly viewed practice guides include:
- Notices, restrictions and protection of third-party interests (PG19)
- Execution of deeds (PG8)
- First registrations (PG1)
Webinars
Visit our GoToWebinar stage to watch live, recorded and short bite-sized webinars covering submitting digital applications, avoiding requisitions, products and services, plans, leases and first registrations. You can alsowatch recordings of our webinarswith captions on our captioned webinar channel.
Popular webinars include:
- Search of the Index Map (SIM)
- Restrictions entry, removal and compliance
- Introducing Form RXC
- Electronic Signatures
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Podcasts
Visit our Soundcloud channel to hear HM Land Registry experts talk about our land-registration practices, products and services.
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