Claiming maintained Land

mobilejo

PasturesNew wrote: »

The whole background to "claiming land" was always that it was unregistered land, with owners unknown. And you'd have to have fenced it off and maintained it for 20 years.

Doesn't sound at all like you meet that criteria on any level.

Not so, adverse possession can apply to registered land where the owner is known. The key (among other things) is that the claimant has exclusive possession which is adverse to the interests of the owners.

Not sure what the case is here as it's not entirely clear

Land_Registry

G_M has already linked you to the practice guidance on claiming registered land.

The guide explains the subject form a registration perspective and includes some of the essentials involved including factual possession, which includes information around the fencing point being made.

The law has changed in recent years but that has more to do with the claiming (squatting) in residential properties but the key thing is that this is a very complex area of the law so legal advice should be sought.
If neighbours have already claimed land in a similar fashion their 'experiences' can help of course

20 years is a term which relates to claiming a prescriptive easement (right of way for example) rather than the claiming of land in England or Wales. The relevant period is 10 years for registered land and 12 years for unregistered land.

The registration fee is £130 which includes the 'inspection fee' whereby we send a surveyor to act as 'our eyes' on the ground to investigate the claim and the facts being stated. We would not inspect though if the basic essentials had not been met in the supporting evidence.