Lease extension not showing on land registry

JSP440

Hi all, 

I carried out a lease extension in 2022 to take my lease up to from 60 to  120 years. 

I've just sold the flat and my buyers solicitors have raised that the lease extension has not been registered yet. 

I have email proof from the solicitors used that it has been complete in 2022 and I have since mortgaged using the valuation on the lease being extended etc. 

what is the outlook here? is this going to be a show stopper? any reassurance and help would be appreciated.

Thanks!!   

user1977

"Not registered yet" meaning it's been submitted for registration and that has yet to be completed by the Land Registry? Or not submitted for registration at all?

JSP440

I am in the dark on the answer to this one, I have emails saying it had been submitted back in 2022. Once the money was paid and my re-mortgage complete I unfortunately put it to the back of my mind. I had assumed it would just get registered. 

fast forward 2 years and I am in my current situation. 

I have emailed the solicitor who carried out the ext for some more info but being 1645 when I sent the email I will be waiting until tomorrow for the response.   

BarelySentientAI

Could still be in the LR queue.

@Land_Registry should be able to advise how you can check.

Land_Registry

We do have a backlog of such work and wait times can unfortunately be that long re such a surrender and regrant. 
However if you have a buyer then your conveyancer can, and perhaps has, requested expedition to reduce that wait time.
Worth checking with them to ensure that they have and to ask if what progress has been made - they should be able to confirm that for you and share a title number/ABR reference. Ask them for that and post here and I can check from our end.

JSP440

Land_Registry said:

We do have a backlog of such work and wait times can unfortunately be that long re such a surrender and regrant. 
However if you have a buyer then your conveyancer can, and perhaps has, requested expedition to reduce that wait time.
Worth checking with them to ensure that they have and to ask if what progress has been made - they should be able to confirm that for you and share a title number/ABR reference. Ask them for that and post here and I can check from our end.

Hey thanks for the reply, 

I need to hear back from my solicitor who carried out the lease extension, but my title number is 

EssexHebridean

JSP440 said:

Land_Registry said:

We do have a backlog of such work and wait times can unfortunately be that long re such a surrender and regrant. 
However if you have a buyer then your conveyancer can, and perhaps has, requested expedition to reduce that wait time.
Worth checking with them to ensure that they have and to ask if what progress has been made - they should be able to confirm that for you and share a title number/ABR reference. Ask them for that and post here and I can check from our end.

Hey thanks for the reply, 

I need to hear back from my solicitor who carried out the lease extension, but my title number is NK*****

There is currently no application showing at the land registry against that title number. I would get back to your solicitor and ask them what is going on (and delete your title number from your original post as it can tell people your address!) 

I can't tell whether there has been an application which has either been cancelled or rejected, or whether there has never been an application at all. My guess would be that the 2022 application had requisitions raised on it which were not responded to in the timeframe, and it has been cancelled as a result, though. 

Land_Registry

JSP440 said:

Land_Registry said:

We do have a backlog of such work and wait times can unfortunately be that long re such a surrender and regrant. 
However if you have a buyer then your conveyancer can, and perhaps has, requested expedition to reduce that wait time.
Worth checking with them to ensure that they have and to ask if what progress has been made - they should be able to confirm that for you and share a title number/ABR reference. Ask them for that and post here and I can check from our end.

Hey thanks for the reply, 

I need to hear back from my solicitor who carried out the lease extension, but my title number is 

No title number shown although I note EssexHebridean saw it so assume you have edited your post since

RAS

JSP440 said:

Land_Registry said:

We do have a backlog of such work and wait times can unfortunately be that long re such a surrender and regrant. 
However if you have a buyer then your conveyancer can, and perhaps has, requested expedition to reduce that wait time.
Worth checking with them to ensure that they have and to ask if what progress has been made - they should be able to confirm that for you and share a title number/ABR reference. Ask them for that and post here and I can check from our end.

Hey thanks for the reply, 

I need to hear back from my solicitor who carried out the lease extension, but my title number is 

Send the title number to @Land Registry using private messages?