The Land Registry is changing what documents are needed to change the register of a registered property at the end of June.
Original documents will no longer need to be sent, only certified copies of deeds or documents need to be sent with applications either through the post or electronically.
If you send an original document after June 30, Land Registry will accept it, but it will be scanned and then destroyed.
Land Registry currently returns original documents that are submitted with certified copies.
After June 30, this will no longer happen, Land Registry will destroy both the original document and certified copies after scanning.
This change does not apply to first registration, which will still need original documents.
The changes are being made to align the registration processes for paper applications and applications made through e-DRS (e-DRS only accepts certified copies).
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I have a full set of deeds going back to the 1800s and earlier, the house hasn’t been registered with the land registery as it was bought 1956…registration those days were not compulsory.
Now to register all the old stuff has to go to the registry, and afterwards destroyed.
I don’t want them destroyed due to some fine documents and history which I would wish to retain.
Is there a way round this problem.
Anthony, in my opinion this is a national scandal – the Government are wilfully destroying historic and beautiful documents. I’ve seen such deeds on thick paper with wonderful script being sent to Land Registry, knowing they will be scanned then destroyed. I don’t understand why historians and curators aren’t protesting. I can’t imagine what kind of committee of morons passed this rule.
I hope you found a solution. The only one I know of is to say that you can’t locate the deeds and find other ways to prove ownership.