Practice guides
Land Registry practice guides are mainly intended for conveyancers and cover a range of topics on land registration practice and procedures. They are designed to assist solicitors and conveyancers to process transactions.
Further guidance material is available in the Education and training section on this website.
* Updated to reflect the Land Registration (Amendment) Rules 2011
| Title | Description | Date | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| LRPG001 | First registrations * | 01/10/2011 |  |
| LRPG002 | First registration of title where deeds have been lost or destroyed * | 01/01/2012 | |
| LRPG003 | Cautions against first registration * | 01/10/2011 | |
| LRPG004 | Adverse possession of registered land * | 01/10/2011 | |
| LRPG005 | Adverse possession of (1) unregistered land (2) registered land where a right to be registered was acquired before 13 October 2003 * |
01/10/2011 | |
| LRPG006 | Devolution on the death of a registered proprietor * | 01/10/2011 | |
| LRPG007 | Entry of price paid or value stated on the register * | 01/10/2011 | |
| LRPG008 | Execution of deeds * | 01/01/2012 | |
| LRPG009 | Powers of attorney and registered land * | 01/10/2011 | |
| LRPG010 | Official searches of the Index Map * | 01/10/2011 | |
| LRPG011 | Inspection and applications for official copies * | 01/10/2011 | |
| LRPG012 | Official searches and outline applications * | 01/10/2011 | |
| LRPG013 | Official searches of the index of relating franchises and manors * | 01/10/2011 | |
| LRPG014 | Charities * | 01/10/2011 | |
| LRPG015 | Overriding interests and their disclosure * | 01/10/2011 | |
| LRPG016 | Profits a prendre in gross * | 01/10/2011 | |
| LRPG017 | Souvenir land * | 01/10/2011 | |
| LRPG018 | Franchises * | 01/10/2011 | |
| LRPG019 | Notices, restrictions and the protection of third party interests in the register * | 01/10/2011 | |
| LRPG020 | Applications under the Family Law Act 1996 * | 01/10/2011 | |
| LRPG021 | Using transfer forms for less straightforward transactions | 01/02/2011 | |
| LRPG022 | Manors | 01/03/2010 | |
| LRPG024 | Private trusts of land * | 01/10/2011 | |
| LRPG025 | Leases – when to register | 01/07/2011 | |
| LRPG026 | Leases – determination * | 01/10/2011 | |
| LRPG027 | The Leasehold Reform Legislation * | 01/10/2011 | |
| LRPG028 | Extension of leases * | 01/11/2011 | |
| LRPG029 | Registration of legal charges and deeds of variation of charge * | 01/10/2011 | |
| LRPG030 | Approval of mortgage documentation | 01/04/2011 | |
| LRPG031 | Discharges of charges * | 01/10/2011 | |
| LRPG032 | Applications affecting one or more Land Registry office | 01/04/2011 | |
| LRPG033 | Large scale applications (calculation of fees) | 01/02/2011 | |
| LRPG034 | Personal insolvency | 01/02/2011 | |
| LRPG035 | Corporate insolvency * | 01/10/2011 | |
| LRPG036 | Administration and Receivership | 01/10/2005 | |
| LRPG037 | Objections and disputes – A guide to Land Registry practice and procedures | 01/07/2011 | |
| LRPG038 | Costs * | 01/10/2011 | |
| LRPG039 | Rectification and indemnity * | 01/01/2012 | |
| LRPG040 | Land Registry plans : A summary of Land Registry plans records, Pre-registration requirements, Other plans related services | 01/10/2005 | |
| LRPG041 | Developing estates - registration services | 01/08/2010 | |
| LRPG041-S1 | Developing estates - registration services - Supplement 1 - Estate boundary approval | 01/08/2011 | |
| LRPG041-S2 | Developing estates - registration services - Supplement 2 -Estate plan approval | 01/08/2011 | |
| LRPG041-S3 | Developing estates - registration services - Supplement 3 Approval of draft transfers and leases * | 01/10/2011 | |
| LRPG041-S4 | Developing estates - registration services - Supplement 4 Plot sales - transfers and leases | 01/11/2009 | |
| LRPG041-S5 | Developing estates - registration services - Supplement 5 Detailed plan requirements and surveying specifications - guidance for surveyors | 01/11/2011 | |
| LRPG041-S6 | Developing estates - registration services - Supplement 6 Voluntary application to note overriding interests | 01/08/2010 | |
| LRPG042 | Upgrading the class of title * | 01/10/2011 | |
| LRPG043 | Applications in connection with court proceedings, insolvency and tax liability | 01/02/2011 | |
| LRPG044 | Fax facilities * | 01/10/2011 | |
| LRPG045 | Receiving and replying to notices by email | 01/10/2003 | |
| LRPG046 | Land Registry forms * | 01/10/2011 | |
| LRPG047 | Transfers of public housing estates * | 01/10/2011 | |
| LRPG048 | Implied covenants * | 01/10/2011 | |
| LRPG049 | Return and rejection of applications for registration | 01/01/2010 | |
| LRPG050 | Requisition and cancellation procedures * | 01/10/2011 | |
| LRPG051 | Areas served by Land Registry Offices | 01/02/2011 | |
| LRPG052 | Easements claimed by prescription * | 01/10/2011 | |
| LRPG054 | Acquisition of land by general vesting declaration under the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 * | 01/10/2011 | |
| LRPG055 | Address for service * | 01/10/2011 | |
| LRPG056 | Formal apportionment and redemption of a rent or a rentcharge that affects a registered estate * | 01/10/2011 | |
| LRPG057 | Exempting documents from the general right to inspect and copy * | 01/10/2011 | |
| LRPG058 | Land Registry’s Welsh Language Scheme – register format | 01/07/2008 | |
| LRPG059 | Receiving and replying to requisitions by email | 01/08/2004 | |
| LRPG060 | Commonhold * | 01/10/2011 | |
| LRPG061 | Telephone Services (credit account holders only) |
01/02/2011 | |
| LRPG062 | Easements | 01/02/2011 | |
| LRPG063 | Land Charges - Applications for registration, official search, office copy and cancellation | 01/05/2011 | |
| LRPG064 | Prescribed clauses leases * | 01/10/2011 | |
| LRPG065 | Registration of mines and minerals * | 01/10/2011 | |
| LRPG066 | Overriding interests losing automatic protection in 2013 * | 01/10/2011 | |
| LRPG067 | Evidence of identity – conveyancers * | 01/10/2011 | |
| LRPG068 | Amending deeds that effect dispositions of registered land * | 01/10/2011 | |
| LRPG069 | Islamic financing | 01/10/2010 | |
| LRPG070 | Nil-rate band discretionary trusts * | 01/10/2011 | |
| LRPG071 | Electronic services * | 01/10/2011 | |
| LRPG072 | Development schemes | 01/02/2011 | |
| LRPG073 | Statements of truth * | 01/10/2011 | |
| LRPG074 | Searches of the index of proprietors’ names | 01/09/2011 | |
