Registration of Rights Appurtenant to Registered Land

Practitioners are advised that if they require appurtenant rights to be registered on a folio this can be done by including a request for same when lodging their dealings. The Land Registry would prefer the request to go on a separate Form 17. The fee is £10.00.

The Land Registry have recommended that this procedure is not followed in the case of registration of appurtenant rights in respect of houses on housing estates (as huge delays would be caused in registering same).

For the convenience of practitioners and colleagues, and to avoid the subsequent necessity of obtaining certified copy instruments, practitioners are advised when making an application for registration of appurtenant rights to lodge a certified copy of the instrument creating the right with the request that it be date stamped and returned by the Land Registry when the dealing is completed, to be placed with the title deeds. This suggestion has been put to the Land Registry and had met with a favourable response.