Thanks Nick, that is what I thought but I just can't find the map option. You are right about it not being intuitive but I guess that can be labelled at all government information sources.....frustrating!!!
I'm sure third party websites would have access to the data and might be more user friendly. Alternatively you could pay a solicitor to do a search for you. Would cost a couple hundred quid though.
Land Registry should work if you can put in a nearby address and a suitably large search radius. It costs £3 (IIRC) to download the basic info once you've identified the location.
timjones is correct. I've managed nature reserves and access to land for cross country projects and I'm afraid the Land Registry doesn't always give the answer you are looking for. Going to the neighbouring farms to talk would be my option
How do you intend to get hold of the field number and even if you can manage that how do you expect to be able to use the number to locate the livestock keeper?
None of the bodies that hold that information are apt to bandy it around so freely, they may offer to contact the livestock keeper with your details if you have a genuine need to get in touch.
Somehow I don't think you live in the real world, you can type in any postcode and see what was paid for each of the adresses and when it was sold for free, for a couple of quid you get the owners name as well. Unregistered property it's different but no more secret and nor should it be.
There's plenty of reasons like allowing someone to take a civil action against the owner, enforce a right against them and to protect the rights of persons with an interest in the owners estate. For example if a husband buys land without informing his wife she would not know she had a right to part of it's value if they divorced.
In those instances the right answer to the original question would be ask a solicitor. None of them require all and sundry to be able to get the contact details of the owner of any property that they want to nose around.
Silly question time: how does one deal with unregistered land - either from the "I'd like to buy that" or the "their goats keep eating my trees" standpoint?
> Silly question time: how does one deal with unregistered land - either from the "I'd like to buy that" or the "their goats keep eating my trees" standpoint?
With straying livestock a simple chat over the fence is usually the best starting point.
If you're desperate to buy a particular piece of land the same approach applies. Although in my experience those who want a specific piece of land never offer a realistic price so I would personally be very happy if they could not get my contact details and waste my time.
If you just want to buy a non-specific piece of land in a general area I would suggest approaching the property departmment of the local auctioneers, they will usually have a shrewd idea what may be available.
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