unregistered land next to our house

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Don't feel bad about having to wake up to the smell of human !!!!!!, call Environmental Health and tell them to do something about it.

catfish50

lincroft1710 wrote: »

Network Rail inherited so much land from British Rail (previously British Railways) that it may well not know what it has got! As land will have passed from the old pre nationalisation railway companies to BR in about 1948, it could well be that if NR do own it, the deeds may be lost or gathering dust on some shelf.

There are agencies who will trace ownership of land -- for a fee, of course. If the OP wanted to spend the money, and if the search was successful (which seems quite likely, if it was previously BR land), the OP could make an offer to the owner. If successful, apply for planning permission, sell it to some responsible developer, and end up with neighbours with flushing toilets.

ceridwen

catfish50 wrote: »

There are agencies who will trace ownership of land -- for a fee, of course. If the OP wanted to spend the money, and if the search was successful (which seems quite likely, if it was previously BR land), the OP could make an offer to the owner. If successful, apply for planning permission, sell it to some responsible developer, and end up with neighbours with flushing toilets.

"responsible" and "developer" in the same sentence:rotfl::rotfl:.

In this position - as the squatters are proving a problem to the other would-be squatters iyswim:cool: - well actually I would be out to take all possible legal action to find out who the owner is if I were the second set of would-be squatters (ie the houseowners).

Having done that - then I would lodge an official notification or make an offer to buy it from the owner (depending on whether I could find out who the owner is). Having acquired the land one way or another - my purpose in owning it would be just to treat it as a garden extension or leave it as "wild land" - but, either way, it would be under my control and would be kept in good order. One of the reasons I would be interested in acquiring the land would be precisely in order to ensure that no developer could get their hands on it:D

catfish50

ceridwen wrote: »

"responsible" and "developer" in the same sentence:rotfl::rotfl:.

In this position - as the squatters are proving a problem to the other would-be squatters iyswim:cool: - well actually I would be out to take all possible legal action to find out who the owner is if I were the second set of would-be squatters (ie the houseowners).

Yep. Me too.

Having done that - then I would lodge an official notification or make an offer to buy it from the owner (depending on whether I could find out who the owner is).

What kind of official notification?

Having acquired the land one way or another - my purpose in owning it would be just to treat it as a garden extension or leave it as "wild land" - but, either way, it would be under my control and would be kept in good order. One of the reasons I would be interested in acquiring the land would be precisely in order to ensure that no developer could get their hands on it:D

Nice if you have the cash to do it.