Land registry fraud?

badmemory

It might be an idea to pay the fee to land registry to notify you if there is any attempt at action on your property.  Sorry I can't remember the name of it but the fee is quite small.

user1977

badmemory said:

It might be an idea to pay the fee to land registry to notify you if there is any attempt at action on your property.  Sorry I can't remember the name of it but the fee is quite small.

It's very small. It's zero.

bedruzenka

badmemory said:

It might be an idea to pay the fee to land registry to notify you if there is any attempt at action on your property.  Sorry I can't remember the name of it but the fee is quite small.

I’m already registered for the alerts.
thanks

bedruzenka

fourmarks said:

What are they actually seeking payment for?

Non-compliance with section 215

MysteryMe

I'd write to the registered office of the company and state that they do not have your permission to use your address and that they are to commence the amendment of the land registry entry within 14 days. I would copy the letter to the council and land registry. 

I always think it best to communicate important information in writing, rather than just telephoning so if the OP has not put anything in writing, now is the time to do so. You can also use the copy of the letter you are sending to show any bailiffs that subsequently turn up and use it as ammo if you choose to complain about the council via your MP.  

user1977

MysteryMe said:

I'd write to the registered office of the company and state that they do not have your permission to use your address and that they are to commence the amendment of the land registry entry within 14 days.

Or what?

Also, the council have already tried the registered office, so I doubt the OP is going to have any better luck. If there's anybody there, it might be someone in a similar position to the OP!

eddddy

bedruzenka said:

fourmarks said:

What are they actually seeking payment for?

Non-compliance with section 215

There's a few different issues here... but I wonder if perhaps the letter from the council has 'sloppy' standard wording, or you've slightly misunderstood it.

You say the section 215 notice relates to a commercial building. Are the council warning you that they will put a charge on that commercial building, and not a charge on your home? That would be more usual.

(For example, did the letter say something like putting "a charge on your property" - and you assumed they meant your home, but they meant the commercial building.)



The background might be...

• Councils serve section 215 notices on the owner/occupier of messy land, telling them to tidy it up.

• If the owner/occupier doesn't tidy it up, the council will eventually send in contractors to do it.

• If the owner/occupier doesn't repay the council's contractor's costs, the council can put a charge on the land

Obviously, you don't care if the council put a charge on the commercial building.

But that doesn't address the question of why the owner/occupier company used your home address in the first place.

Section62

eddddy said:

But that doesn't address the question of why the owner/occupier company used your home address in the first place.

I wonder if the origin might be something like the commercial plot having once been described as "Land adjacent to 42 Acacia Avenue" and the "adjacent to" part has been lost due to the passage of time or admin error?

bedruzenka

Section62 said:

eddddy said:

But that doesn't address the question of why the owner/occupier company used your home address in the first place.

I wonder if the origin might be something like the commercial plot having once been described as "Land adjacent to 42 Acacia Avenue" and the "adjacent to" part has been lost due to the passage of time or admin error?

I don’t really understand this.
My address and the commercial address are completely different, they have nothing in common, not even the same council.

bedruzenka

eddddy said:

bedruzenka said:

fourmarks said:

What are they actually seeking payment for?

Non-compliance with section 215

There's a few different issues here... but I wonder if perhaps the letter from the council has 'sloppy' standard wording, or you've slightly misunderstood it.

You say the section 215 notice relates to a commercial building. Are the council warning you that they will put a charge on that commercial building, and not a charge on your home? That would be more usual.

(For example, did the letter say something like putting "a charge on your property" - and you assumed they meant your home, but they meant the commercial building.)



The background might be...

• Councils serve section 215 notices on the owner/occupier of messy land, telling them to tidy it up.

• If the owner/occupier doesn't tidy it up, the council will eventually send in contractors to do it.

• If the owner/occupier doesn't repay the council's contractor's costs, the council can put a charge on the land

Obviously, you don't care if the council put a charge on the commercial building.

But that doesn't address the question of why the owner/occupier company used your home address in the first place.

No,the letter actually quotes my address where it states ‘charge on your property’.