How do I find out who owns a plot of land?

How do I find out who owns a plot of land?

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Major Fallout

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5,278 posts

231 months

Sunday 20th April 2014
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How can if find out who owns a plot of land, without knocking door to door?

It's coming up to a milestone birthday for me and I fancy having a picnic with 8 of my friends in a little wood that's very close to my house.

I could just knock form door to door and find out, or even just go ahead and do it. There is a well trodden footpath through the wood and a guy on a mountain bike was messing around on fallen trees there today, but I just thought it best to ask.

Last milestone birthday I was single and had a lot of disposable cash, so I took said 8 friends for lunch in Monaco one day. This time I can't even afford one easy jet ticket. So it's Mad Hatters tea party in a wood. And a small charitable donation to the wood's owner.

GWC

4,422 posts

195 months

Sunday 20th April 2014
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If it has a well trodden path running through it it's probably a public right of way so just go and have your picnic and don't leave any rubbish behind?

NDA

21,574 posts

225 months

Sunday 20th April 2014
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You can do it on the Land Registry site - costs about £3 from memory....

Jasandjules

69,885 posts

229 months

Sunday 20th April 2014
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NDA said:
You can do it on the Land Registry site - costs about £3 from memory....
Yup.

StuntmanMike

11,671 posts

151 months

Sunday 20th April 2014
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Major Fallout said:
How can if find out who owns a plot of land, without knocking door to door?

It's coming up to a milestone birthday for me and I fancy having a picnic with 8 of my friends in a little wood that's very close to my house.

I could just knock form door to door and find out, or even just go ahead and do it. There is a well trodden footpath through the wood and a guy on a mountain bike was messing around on fallen trees there today, but I just thought it best to ask.

Last milestone birthday I was single and had a lot of disposable cash, so I took said 8 friends for lunch in Monaco one day. This time I can't even afford one easy jet ticket. So it's Mad Hatters tea party in a wood. And a small charitable donation to the wood's owner.
Thats not a bad idea, let us know how it goes.

NDA

21,574 posts

225 months

Sunday 20th April 2014
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Quick question for the major....

Is your 1916 Ford road legal without the mudguards? I've often wondered if 'free' wheels, those being unencumbered by mudguards, were legal?

JRewing

17,540 posts

179 months

Sunday 20th April 2014
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NDA said:
Quick question for the major....

Is your 1916 Ford road legal without the mudguards? I've often wondered if 'free' wheels, those being unencumbered by mudguards, were legal?
I'm reasonably sure that at that age there are no restrictions on that. However, I could be wrong!

Major Fallout

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5,278 posts

231 months

Monday 21st April 2014
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JRewing said:
I'm reasonably sure that at that age there are no restrictions on that. However, I could be wrong!
Correct in 1916 there were no restrictions on open wheels. So that carrys forward to today for 1916 cars, the same as electric lights and seatbelts. But I never drive it without goggles, I have enough stone chips in my daily's windscreen to respect my eyes. If it's raining I will sometimes dive it with a full face helmet, but it looks even more ridiculous.

Thank you for the land registry website, exactly the thing I was looking for.