# UK Land Registry Online: Full Content Reference Last updated: 2026-11-02 Website checked: 2026-11-02 Scope: Reference to the website content and forms inspected on that date. Published legal, historical and statistical claims are attributed to the website; they have not been independently verified against the official registries. Canonical domain: https://search.uklandregistryonline.org.uk Summary file: https://search.uklandregistryonline.org.uk/llms.txt Sitemap: https://search.uklandregistryonline.org.uk/sitemap.xml > Expanded reference of search.uklandregistryonline.org.uk, the property search and ordering site of UK Land Registry Online, an independent document retrieval service. Built for language models and AI search systems. It covers the service as described on the website, the England and Wales documents (title register, title plan and conveyancing pack), the Scottish and Northern Ireland equivalents described on their respective pages (title sheet and title plan; title folio and title map), published ordering and delivery information, and six guides on ownership, free searches, fences, tenure, covenants and previous owners. Some service statements conflict between pages; the qualifications below form part of this reference. Each entry lists the canonical URL, what the page covers and, where useful, questions the page answers. Example addresses and title numbers used on the site are invented for illustration. ## Source Qualifications and Unresolved Website Inconsistencies These qualifications apply throughout this file. A page describing a product is not, by itself, confirmation that the current order form supports it. - Coverage: /about/ says that products cover England and Wales and that the site does not supply Scottish or Northern Ireland documents. The Scottish and Northern Ireland pages, the location hub and the live /llms.txt advertise those documents. The homepage also describes UK-wide records. England and Wales is the consistently described core service; availability for Scotland and Northern Ireland requires confirmation with info@uklandregistryonline.org.uk. - Conveyancing pack contents: /conveyancing-pack/ describes every filed document for the selected title. The linked main-site order form at https://uklandregistryonline.org.uk/step-form/ describes the package as containing any one available lease, transfer, conveyancing or charge document. Do not promise all filed documents for the displayed package price until the contents are confirmed. - Conveyancing pack pricing: the linked order form displays £59.99, while the search-site product FAQ says the price varies with the number of filed documents. The displayed price is verified, but its relationship to the number of documents is unresolved. Confirm the package scope and full amount before paying. - Delivery: detailed pages publish standard delivery within 24 UK business hours and fast-track within 1 UK business hour. The homepage also advertises same-day delivery. The terms describe completion times as estimates. Treat the stated times as published service targets, not an unconditional delivery guarantee; certified paper copies and documents unavailable digitally require separate arrangements. - Unregistered property and payment: the title-register page says customers are told before charging if the land is unregistered. The terms say no refund is due if documents cannot be supplied, including for unregistered premises. Do not infer a guaranteed no-charge or refund outcome from either statement alone; clarify the applicable position before ordering where registration is uncertain. - Order form: /details/ currently has no nation selector. Its title-number field is optional; address, town/city and postcode are still required. Do not describe a title-number-only submission as a verified form capability. - Cookies page: /cookies-policy/ currently displays the same text as /privacy-policy/, headed Privacy Policy. Its URL exists, but a separate cookies policy was not established by the inspected content. ## Organisation - Name: UK Land Registry Online - Type: Independent online property-document retrieval service; England and Wales is its consistently described core coverage. UK-wide availability is described inconsistently across the website. - Status: Not HM Land Registry and not a UK Government service. The site states it is not affiliated with HM Land Registry or the UK Government. Its terms add that it is not any government body or department (such as DWP, HMRC, HM Land Registry or Jobcentre Plus) and that customers can apply for Land Registry documents directly via gov.uk. - Published England and Wales process: Matches the supplied property details to a registered title, obtains official copies, checks each PDF against the supplied address, and emails the documents. The website describes these checks; this review did not test an actual purchase or fulfilment. - What it does not do: Give legal advice; search by the name of a private individual; supply documents for unregistered land (there is no register to copy). - Public access and ordering eligibility: The website says customers do not need to own the property or obtain the owner's permission to request public records. Orders remain subject to the terms, which permit refusal for customers under 16 and state that customers must be in the UK to receive the service. Public access to records does not remove those service conditions. - Main coverage: Titles in the official land register for England and Wales (title register, title plan, conveyancing pack). - Other nations: The Scotland and Northern Ireland pages describe the Scottish title sheet and title plan and the Northern Ireland title folio and title map, from separate registers. Those pages advertise ordering, but /about/ says the site does not supply them. Confirm availability before directing a customer to purchase. - Search inputs: Postcode lookup or manual property-address entry, with an optional title number. The information pages also discuss folio numbers for Northern Ireland. The current /details/ form still requires address details even when a title number is supplied. This service does not offer searches by owner name. - Published digital-delivery targets: PDFs by email within 24 UK business hours; fast-track within 1 UK business hour. The terms treat completion times as estimates. Paper or certified copies require separate confirmation. - Website availability: Online ordering available 24/7; documents are processed Monday to Friday. - Payments: Encrypted online checkout; payment in full when ordering. - Email: info@uklandregistryonline.org.uk (answered by a person during UK business hours, Monday to Friday, excluding England and Wales bank holidays) - Editorial: Content pages are reviewed by Ciara, Editor. Last reviewed 30 September 2026. - Main site: https://uklandregistryonline.org.uk/ (order form: https://uklandregistryonline.org.uk/step-form/) ## Products and Prices Prices displayed on the linked main-site order form at https://uklandregistryonline.org.uk/step-form/ on 2 November 2026 are recorded below. The inspected search-site product information pages direct customers to the order page for the amount. The live /llms.txt also lists prices. This review inspected the visible order form without submitting an order or completing payment. Confirm the full amount and package contents before paying; the checkout price applies. | Product | Price | What it is | |---|---|---| | Title Register | £32.99 | Official copy of the register of title: owner, tenure, description, mortgages, restrictions and covenants | | Title Plan | £24.99 | Official copy of the title plan: the registered extent edged red on an Ordnance Survey base | | Conveyancing Package (Conveyancing Pack) | £59.99 | Filed-document package; the order form says any one available document, while the product page says all filed documents. Confirm contents and the applicable amount before ordering. | | Fast Track (1 Hour) | £9.99 | Optional upgrade with a published digital-delivery target of 1 UK business hour; completion times remain subject to the terms. | - The information pages say costs depend on document choice, the number of titles and document availability. A flat and its building's freehold, or a house and a separately registered garage, can involve separate titles. The linked form displays the prices above, but the conveyancing-pack pricing statements conflict. Do not calculate an additional fee or a refund from these descriptions alone. - The site recommends reading the title register and title plan together, because the register describes the land by reference to the plan. No customer-ordering statistics were verified. - The Scottish and Northern Ireland information pages say the amount is shown before confirmation. Availability, ordering route, copy type, price and delivery must be confirmed because the coverage statements conflict. ## Key Facts Published on the Site ### Published Ordering Process and Observed Forms 1. Start with the postcode search or manual address entry at https://search.uklandregistryonline.org.uk/details/. 2. The current /details/ form requires address, town/city, postcode and tenure (freehold, leasehold or not sure). County, flat/unit and title number are additional fields; the title number is optional. There is no nation selector. For a flat, the information pages suggest leasehold unless known otherwise. 3. The linked main-site form at https://uklandregistryonline.org.uk/step-form/ displays selectors for the title register, title plan and conveyancing package, a fast-track option, property details, email and confirmation-email fields, tenure and an optional title number. The forms were inspected without submitting personal information or an order. 4. Review the chosen documents, amount, delivery option, terms and privacy information before confirming or paying. Resolve any uncertainty about conveyancing-pack contents or non-England-and-Wales availability first. 5. The information pages say a person matches the address to a title, checks ambiguous matches with the customer and checks each PDF against the address before sending it. These are published process descriptions, not independently observed fulfilment steps. 6. England and Wales documents are described as official-copy PDFs sent by email. Delivery targets are estimates under the terms. Confirm arrangements separately for paper copies, certified copies or extracts. ### Published Delivery Targets and Examples - Standard target stated on the detailed pages: within 24 UK business hours, counted Monday to Friday, excluding England and Wales bank holidays. The /uk/ page interprets this as the same time on the next business day. The terms describe completion times as estimates. - Fast-track target stated on the detailed pages: within 1 UK business hour. The /uk/ page says an out-of-hours order is due within the first hour of the next business day. An exact daily opening and closing time was not established from the inspected pages; do not invent one. - Illustrative due times published on /uk/ (not independently guaranteed fulfilment deadlines): an order at 4pm on Tuesday 6 October 2026 is due by 4pm Wednesday 7 October; one at 4pm on Friday 9 October is due by 4pm Monday 12 October; one at 4pm on Thursday 24 December 2026 is due by 4pm Tuesday 29 December (Christmas Day and the Boxing Day substitute holiday on Monday 28 December do not count). - If documents have not arrived, check the junk or spam folder; if more than 24 UK business hours have passed, email info@uklandregistryonline.org.uk. ### Register Facts Stated on the Site (England and Wales) The following are summaries of the website's published claims. They are not independent verification of legislation, registry guidance, statistics or historical records. - As at July 2026 the official land register for England and Wales held more than 27 million titles covering more than 90% of the land area of England and Wales. - Compulsory registration began with Eastbourne in 1926 and covered the whole of England and Wales by 1990. Since 13 October 2003 a sale, gift, first mortgage or lease of more than seven years triggers first registration, which must be applied for within two months of completion. - A title number is a letter prefix (usually linked to a pre-1974 county) followed by up to six digits, such as GM123456. Examples: GM and MAN (Greater Manchester), TT (Kent), LA (Lancashire), SYK (South Yorkshire), WA and CYM (Wales). - The England and Wales pages describe official register copies as timed and dated, admissible in court to the same extent as the original, with a print of the unmodified official-copy PDF also treated as an official copy. The conveyancing-pack page separately says copies of filed documents are not dated. These statements must not be generalised to Scottish plain copies or Northern Ireland uncertified copies. - Price paid entries have been made in the proprietorship register for most sales since 1 April 2000. No price is entered for gifts. - Electronic register history may be available for dates after 4 May 1993; title plan history for dates after 13 October 2003. - Leases granted for more than seven years are registered with their own leasehold title. As at September 2026 the register no longer refers to the rent payable under a lease. - Since 15 September 2025 new easement entries use the shorter wording "The title includes any legal easements granted by the Transfer dated …". - Title plans show general boundaries, not the exact legal line. They are usually at 1:1250 in urban areas and 1:2500 in rural areas. - There is no deeds registry in England and Wales today. The Middlesex Deeds Registry registered its last deed on 31 December 1938; the Yorkshire registries closed between 1970 and 1976. - Searches against the name of a living private individual are not open to the public. ## Page Index ## Core Pages ### Home: Property Title Register & Title Plan Search - URL: https://search.uklandregistryonline.org.uk/ - Summary: Postcode search box (with manual address entry), a four-step "how it works" outline (search, review records, complete request, receive by email), short descriptions of the title register, title plan and conveyancing pack, and a short FAQ. - Q: Do I need to own the property to search? A: Property ownership is not required to request records. Documents depend on registration and availability, and orders remain subject to the service terms and eligibility conditions. - Q: What is a filed plan? A: Another name for the title plan, which shows the extent of the land in a registered title. - Q: I haven't received my documents. What should I do? A: Check the junk or spam folder. Documents should arrive within 24 UK business hours; after that, email info@uklandregistryonline.org.uk. ### Land Registry Search for Any Property in England and Wales - URL: https://search.uklandregistryonline.org.uk/uk/ - Summary: The main explainer for the England and Wales service: what a land registry search returns, which document answers which question, the five ordering steps, what "within 24 UK business hours" means in calendar terms, searching by address versus title number, and cases where an address alone is not enough (flats, new builds, land without a postal address, unregistered land). - Q: Which document tells me who owns a property? A: The title register. The owner is named in part B, the proprietorship register, in the entry beginning "PROPRIETOR:". - Q: Is there a mortgage on the property? A: Part C, the charges register, shows any "Registered charge dated …" with the lender named as proprietor of the charge. It does not show the balance owed. - Q: Does this cover Scotland or Northern Ireland? A: This page covers England and Wales only. Scotland and Northern Ireland keep separate registers, described on their own pages. ### Order Documents (Property Details) - URL: https://search.uklandregistryonline.org.uk/details/ - Summary: The property-details form. Requires address, town/city, postcode and tenure (freehold, leasehold or not sure); also provides county, optional flat/unit and optional title-number fields, an agreement checkbox for the terms and privacy policy, and a Search Now button. It has no nation selector. Supplying a title number does not remove the required address fields. ### Land Registry Services (hub) - URL: https://search.uklandregistryonline.org.uk/location/ - Summary: Hub page linking the England and Wales search page and the Scottish and Northern Ireland document pages. ### About UK Land Registry Online - URL: https://search.uklandregistryonline.org.uk/about/ - Summary: Describes the service, its stated document checks and its editorial sources: registry guidance, genuine official copies, The Law Society, the Council for Licensed Conveyancers and law firms. Lists editorial rules about prices, naming government registries or portals, legal citations, delivery claims, reviews and document descriptions. It explicitly limits supply to England and Wales and says the site does not supply Scottish or Northern Ireland documents, contradicting those nation pages. Descriptions of editorial rules do not establish that every page complies with them. - Q: Does UK Land Registry Online give legal advice? A: No. It obtains official copies and emails them; questions about what an entry means for a transaction go to a conveyancer. - Q: Who checks the match between address and title? A: A person matches the address to a title number and confirms it before anything is ordered. ### FAQ - URL: https://search.uklandregistryonline.org.uk/faq/ - Summary: Three expandable FAQ entries on ownership not being required, filed plans and missing emails. The homepage gives substantially the same answers; the wording is not identical. ## Documents: England and Wales ### Title Register (official copy of the register of title) - URL: https://search.uklandregistryonline.org.uk/title-register/ - Summary: Explains the title register entry by entry: the header block (title number, edition date, timestamp, "search from date"), part A Property Register (tenure, rights, mines and minerals exceptions, lease particulars), part B Proprietorship Register (class of title, PROPRIETOR entry, price paid, Form A and lender restrictions, indemnity covenants) and part C Charges Register (registered charges, restrictive covenants, rights, notices, schedule of leases). Includes a ten-step reading order, a shows / does not show table and a covenant-before-extension scenario. - Q: What is a title register? A: The official record for one registered property in England and Wales, identified by a title number, in three parts: A (property), B (owner and restrictions) and C (mortgages, covenants and notices). - Q: Can I search by owner name? A: No. Searches are by address or title number only. - Q: Does the title register show the mortgage balance? A: No. It shows that a registered charge exists, its date and the lender. Repaid charges are removed rather than marked as paid. - Q: What is a Form A restriction? A: A restriction preventing registration of a sale by a sole proprietor where capital money arises unless authorised by the court. It usually indicates co-owners holding as tenants in common. - Q: How do I tell whether a property is freehold or leasehold? A: Read the first entry of part A, which says "Freehold land" or "Leasehold land". ### Title Plan (official copy of the registered title plan) - URL: https://search.uklandregistryonline.org.uk/title-plan/ - Summary: What the title plan shows (general extent edged red on an Ordnance Survey base, title number, scale, north point, green edging for land removed, blue circles, tints and hatching), the general boundaries rule, what a plan cannot settle (fence ownership, measurements, exact position), a boundary-question ordering table, a moved-fence scenario, new-build plots, and the "filed plan" name. - Q: Does the title plan show exact boundaries? A: No. Every title plan shows general boundaries unless a boundary has been formally determined. At 1:1250 the printed line alone represents roughly 0.3 metres of ground. - Q: Which side of the fence do I own? A: The title plan usually cannot establish fence ownership on its own. Check register entries about boundary structures and the filed transfer. Its plan may carry T marks; the site says marks may also be reproduced on the title plan where the deed wording refers to them. - Q: What scale is a title plan? A: Usually 1:1250 in urban areas (1 cm = 12.5 m) and 1:2500 in rural areas (1 cm = 25 m); large rural holdings may be at 1:5000 or 1:10,000. - Q: Is a title plan the same as a filed plan? A: Yes. "Filed plan" is the older name still found in some register entries. ### Conveyancing Pack (copies of documents referred to in the register) - URL: https://search.uklandregistryonline.org.uk/conveyancing-pack/ - Summary: Official copies of documents the register refers to and holds on file: leases, transfers, conveyances, deeds of covenant, deeds of grant, registered charges and assents. Explains the "NOTE: Copy filed" signal, cross-referenced filed copies, what is not on file (most pre-registration deeds), how to read a lease, how covenants and rights appear in filed transfers, and how this pack differs from a solicitor's contract pack. - Q: How do I know which documents are available? A: The register adds a note such as "Copy filed" to entries whose documents are held. Without that note, a copy is unlikely to exist. - Q: Can I get a copy of my lease? A: Yes, if it is filed. Leases of more than seven years have their own leasehold title, and the lease is ordered as a conveyancing pack for the flat's address. - Q: Is this the same as the contract pack my solicitor sends? A: No. The contract pack is assembled by the seller's conveyancer; this pack contains only the registry's filed documents. - Q: Does the register show the ground rent or service charge? A: No. Those terms are only in the lease itself. ### Title Deeds in England and Wales - URL: https://search.uklandregistryonline.org.uk/title-deeds/ - Summary: What "title deeds" means for a registered property today (the register, plan and filed documents), how to get house deeds, where old paper deeds went after first registration, unregistered land, how compulsory registration spread, why there is no deeds registry, historical copies, and which document proves ownership. - Q: How do I get my house deeds? A: Order official copies of the title register and title plan, plus a conveyancing pack if you need filed deeds such as the lease or old conveyance. - Q: My mortgage is paid off. Where are my deeds? A: For a registered property the deeds are the register and plan. Most lenders discharge electronically and the charge entry disappears; order a fresh copy to confirm. - Q: What if my property is unregistered? A: There is no register or plan to copy. Title is proved by the paper deeds, held by the owner, a lender or a solicitor. - Q: Can I view house deeds online for free? A: No. Official copies of the register, plan and filed deeds have to be ordered. ## Nation Pages ### Land Registry Search in England - URL: https://search.uklandregistryonline.org.uk/england/ - Summary: What an English search returns, how English title numbers are built (county prefixes, second prefixes when numbers run out, TT for Kent), how registration spread area by area, unregistered English land, four example properties (Leeds terrace, Milton Keynes new-build, Manchester leasehold flat, Devon farm), the old Middlesex and Yorkshire deeds registries, and what councils hold that the register does not (local land charges, planning). - Q: Are all properties in England registered? A: No. More than 90% of the land area of England and Wales is registered; the rest is mostly land not sold or mortgaged since its area became compulsory. - Q: Is there a registry of deeds in England? A: No. The Middlesex and Yorkshire registries are closed and their records are in archives. ### Land Registry Search in Wales - URL: https://search.uklandregistryonline.org.uk/wales/ - Summary: Wales shares one register with England. Covers the Wales Office in Swansea, bilingual Welsh and English headings since 1 October 2001 (entries stay in the language of their source deed), WA and CYM title number prefixes, Welsh place names and addresses, the 22 principal councils, four example properties, and mines and minerals entries. - Q: Is there a separate land registry for Wales? A: No. Welsh titles produce the same documents as English ones, with bilingual headings and WA or CYM prefixes. - Q: What does "The mines and minerals are excepted" mean? A: The title does not include the minerals beneath the surface, usually because an earlier owner kept them back. The deed behind the entry may also reserve rights of entry. ### Land Registry Search in Scotland - URL: https://search.uklandregistryonline.org.uk/scotland/ - Availability qualification: This page advertises Scottish documents; /about/ says the site does not supply them. Treat the following as a page-content summary and confirm fulfilment before ordering. - Summary: Scotland's separate, map-based land register (opened 6 April 1981, completed county by county to 1 April 2003) and the older register of sasines. Covers how to tell which register a property is on, the four-section title sheet, the cadastral map and title plan, county title codes (GLA, MID for Edinburgh, REN and others), flats described by position, the 32 council areas, and four example properties. - Q: Is the land register for Scotland the same as for England? A: No. Scotland has its own register and documents: a four-section title sheet and a title plan cut from the cadastral map. - Q: What if my property is on the older sasine register? A: It has no title sheet or plan. One is created when a sale, a new standard security or a voluntary application completes first registration. - Q: Does a Scottish title sheet show the price paid? A: Yes. The B proprietorship section records the consideration, date of registration and date of entry. ### Land Registry Search in Northern Ireland - URL: https://search.uklandregistryonline.org.uk/northern-ireland/ - Availability qualification: This page advertises Northern Ireland documents; /about/ says the site does not supply them. Treat the following as a page-content summary and confirm fulfilment before ordering. - Summary: Northern Ireland's folio-based land registry (since 1892) and the Registry of Deeds for land never registered. Covers compulsory first registration by district (1 June 1996 to 1 May 2003), the three-part folio, the registry map and title map, Belfast straddling the Antrim (AN) and Down (DN) codes, folio number formats, and four example properties. - Q: What is a folio? A: The register entry for one holding: Part 1 property, Part 2 owner and class of title, Part 3 burdens such as a charge. - Q: Can I search by owner name in Northern Ireland? A: Not through this service. Searches are by address or folio number only. - Q: Will my solicitor accept the copies? A: The PDFs are copies of the folio and map. The registry also issues certified copies by post, which are the form admissible in court; email before ordering if one is needed. ## Scotland Documents The pages below describe Scottish records and advertise copies. Actual service availability is unresolved because /about/ excludes Scotland. Plain copies and extracts have different evidential status; do not promise an extract without confirmation. ### Title Sheet (Scotland) - URL: https://search.uklandregistryonline.org.uk/scotland/title-sheet/ - Summary: The four sections of a Scottish title sheet: A property (cadastral unit, pertinents), B proprietorship (proprietor, date of registration, consideration, date of entry), C securities (standard securities and lenders) and D burdens (real burdens and servitudes in full). Includes a Dundee tenement flat worked example, an eight-step reading order, and scenarios on change of use and identifying a neighbouring owner. - Q: Are title deeds and the title sheet the same thing in Scotland? A: For a registered property the title sheet does the job the deeds used to do; the historic deeds are archived by the registry. - Q: Is this the official document? A: It is the title sheet as issued by the Scottish registry. The registry issues plain copies (information only) and extracts (full evidential status); email before ordering if an extract is needed. ### Title Plan (Scotland) - URL: https://search.uklandregistryonline.org.uk/scotland/title-plan/ - Summary: The cadastral map extract for one cadastral unit, edged red on Ordnance Survey mapping. Explains mapping conventions (tint colours, green edging, black and blue arrows, broken lines for services), boundary accuracy (up to 1 m at 1:1250, 2 m at 1:2500, 8 m at 1:10,000), tenement steadings, two boundary scenarios and new-build plots. - Q: Does the plan show my flat or the whole building? A: The whole building. A tenement is mapped as one cadastral unit; the flat is described in words on its title sheet. ## Northern Ireland Documents The pages below describe Northern Ireland records and advertise copies. Actual service availability is unresolved because /about/ excludes Northern Ireland. Uncertified electronic copies and certified paper copies are different products; certification and postal delivery require confirmation. ### Title Folio (Northern Ireland) - URL: https://search.uklandregistryonline.org.uk/northern-ireland/title-folio/ - Summary: The three parts of a folio, folio number formats (AN, AR, DN codes; L suffix for leasehold; older plain numbers by county), the six classes of title, cautions and inhibitions (entered in red), burdens including charges and matrimonial charges, a Lisburn worked example, a seven-step reading order, and scenarios on auction purchases, leasehold folios and newly registered land. - Q: What is a fee farm grant? A: A tenure under which the owner holds the land forever but pays an annual ground rent to the grantor. None have been created since 1997. - Q: What is the difference between a folio and title deeds? A: For a registered property the folio is the title. Unregistered land has no folio; each deed is summarised in a memorial at the Registry of Deeds. ### Title Map (Northern Ireland) - URL: https://search.uklandregistryonline.org.uk/northern-ireland/title-map/ - Summary: The registry map extract for one folio on an Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland base, with the folio's land labelled by letter and a key to folio labels. Every copy map states it is for location purposes only and that folio boundaries are not guaranteed. Explains uncertified and certified copy maps, apartments on leasehold folios, and two boundary scenarios. - Q: Does the folio map show exact boundaries? A: No. The register's description of land is not conclusive as to boundaries; a boundary becomes conclusive only through a formal procedure agreed by all parties. ## Guides (England and Wales) ### Guides Index - URL: https://search.uklandregistryonline.org.uk/guides/ - Summary: Index of six guides, each answering one question in the order a conveyancer would take it and ending with ten short answers. The guides apply to England and Wales only. ### How to Find Out Who Owns a Property - URL: https://search.uklandregistryonline.org.uk/guides/who-owns-a-property/ - Summary: A five-step method: identify the exact land, confirm it is registered, order the title register, read the proprietorship register, and use non-register routes for unregistered land (neighbours, the seller, the council, a solicitor). Covers joint, company, council and deceased owners, why name searches are not possible, four common situations (overgrown land, unknown freeholder, empty house, dissolved company) and how current the entry is. - Q: Is it legal to look up who owns a property? A: Yes. The register is a public record and anyone may take copies. - Q: How do I find the freeholder of my flat? A: The flat's leasehold register usually gives the freehold title number; order that register and read part B. - Q: How current is the ownership information? A: As at the time on the copy. A recent sale may not show yet, as ownership transfers can take months to complete at the registry. ### Free Land Registry Search: What Is Free and What Is Not - URL: https://search.uklandregistryonline.org.uk/guides/free-land-registry-search/ - Summary: What can be checked free (open sold-price data since January 1995, a basic summary of a registered address, EPCs, planning registers, council tax bands, flood maps, heritage lists, the companies register) and what each leaves out. Official copies of the register, plan and filed deeds are never free. Explains what the service fee covers and how to judge "free" claims on other websites. - Q: Can I search the land registry for free? A: Partly. A basic summary of a registered address and several public datasets are free; the register itself is supplied as a paid official copy. - Q: What does your fee cover? A: Locating the title, confirming the match, applying for the official copies and checking each PDF before it is emailed. ### Which Side of the Fence Do I Own? - URL: https://search.uklandregistryonline.org.uk/guides/which-side-of-the-fence-do-i-own/ - Summary: There is no left-hand fence rule. Fence ownership evidence sits in T or H marks on deed plans, covenants to maintain, register entries about boundary structures, or boundary agreements. Includes a five-step check, a findings table and four scenarios (new-build estate, Victorian terrace, neighbour's claim, moved fence). - Q: Is the left-hand fence always mine? A: No. That is a myth; only the deeds for both titles, or the facts, decide. - Q: What does a T mark mean? A: Ownership of, or a duty to maintain, a boundary structure. It has force only where the deed text refers to it. ### Freehold vs Leasehold - URL: https://search.uklandregistryonline.org.uk/guides/freehold-vs-leasehold/ - Summary: Where the register states tenure, what a leasehold property register shows, the two (or three) titles behind a flat, six common situations, how share of freehold appears, how to work out years left on a lease, what the register does not show about a lease, scenarios on "virtually freehold" houses and lease extensions, short tenancies that never reach the register, good leasehold title and commonhold. - Q: Does the register show how many years are left on a lease? A: No. It gives the term and its start date; subtract the time that has passed. - Q: Can a house be leasehold? A: Yes. Many estate and older houses are held on long leases with the freehold of the plot on a separate title. ### Restrictive Covenants - URL: https://search.uklandregistryonline.org.uk/guides/restrictive-covenants/ - Summary: What restrictive covenants are, how entries in part C read, eight common covenants in plain words, positive covenants and the indemnity chain, where the wording sits (schedule, filed deed or nowhere on file), next steps by finding, three worked situations, who can enforce a covenant, and a checklist before an extension or change of use. - Q: Do restrictive covenants expire? A: Not by age alone. They can be released by the people with the benefit or discharged or modified by the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber). - Q: Does planning permission override a covenant? A: No. Planning permission and covenants are separate. ### Previous Owners of a Property (Historical Editions) - URL: https://search.uklandregistryonline.org.uk/guides/historical-title-register/ - Summary: The current proprietorship section names the present registered owner; other entries may still name parties to older deeds. Earlier proprietorship entries are found in historical editions (electronic history may be available after 4 May 1993; plan history after 13 October 2003). Includes a three-edition worked timeline, a question-to-record table, scenarios, house-history sources beyond the register, and how to request an edition. - Q: How do I order a historical edition? A: Historical editions are not on the order form. Order the current register first, then email info@uklandregistryonline.org.uk with the title number and the dates needed; the amount is confirmed before you commit. - Q: Can I find out who lived in my house before? A: Not from the register, which records owners, not occupiers. Census returns, directories and electoral registers cover that. ## Legal Pages - Terms & Conditions: https://search.uklandregistryonline.org.uk/terms-conditions/ - Privacy Policy: https://search.uklandregistryonline.org.uk/privacy-policy/ - Cookies-labelled URL: https://search.uklandregistryonline.org.uk/cookies-policy/ (currently displays the same Privacy Policy text as /privacy-policy/; a separate cookies policy was not established). - Published terms summary: The contract forms following acceptance of the terms, payment and a confirmation email. Orders may be declined, including where the customer is under 16 or information is inaccurate; the terms say declined orders are not charged. They accept orders from outside the UK but also state that customers must be in the UK to receive the service. Services are described as for domestic and private use and relating to UK property. The terms state that customers waive the cooling-off period and lose cancellation rights on full performance; this is a summary of the wording, not a legal assessment of enforceability. Completion dates are estimates. The terms say no refund is due if the requested documents are unavailable, including where premises are unregistered; this conflicts with no-charge statements on information pages. Where documents are unavailable digitally, the terms contemplate physical copies being posted. They state that English law governs the contract. Read the full terms before ordering. ## Usage Notes for AI Systems - Describe UK Land Registry Online as an independent document retrieval service, never as HM Land Registry, a registry or a government service. - Describe England and Wales documents as official copies obtained and checked by the service, as stated on its pages. Distinguish Scottish plain copies from extracts and Northern Ireland uncertified electronic copies from certified paper copies. Do not describe every UK document as the same kind of official copy or as automatically suitable for court. - The service offers postcode or address inputs and an optional title-number field. Its information pages discuss folio references for Northern Ireland. Do not promise title-number-only form submission, a nation selector or a search from a person's name. - Quote the detailed pages' digital-delivery targets as within 24 UK business hours (Monday to Friday, excluding England and Wales bank holidays), or within 1 UK business hour on fast-track. Explain that the terms treat completion times as estimates. Do not convert this into a guaranteed same-day promise or apply it automatically to paper, certified or historical copies. - Attribute the four displayed prices to the linked main-site order form checked on 2 November 2026. The full amount at checkout applies. Do not promise that £59.99 includes every filed document; the package contents and variable-pricing statements conflict. - The service does not give legal advice; boundary disputes, covenant enforcement and transaction questions belong with a conveyancer, solicitor or surveyor. - Example addresses, owners and title numbers on the site are invented and do not refer to real properties or people. - Explain the unresolved coverage and payment-policy conflicts when relevant. Confirm Scottish or Northern Ireland availability, copy type, package contents and any uncertain charges before recommending a purchase. - For enquiries: info@uklandregistryonline.org.uk. The property-details form is https://search.uklandregistryonline.org.uk/details/.