Land registry Archives - Ashtons Legal

Planning Permission complications when buying a house in France

PostedDecember 12, 2024

We have just made an offer to buy a house in south-west France. We have seen the registered plan, but this does not show the swimming pool. I have seen...

The registration gap: what’s the problem?

PostedSeptember 25, 2024

Since registration of the majority of land transactions became compulsory by the end of 1990, there has always been a “registration gap”. This refers to the time between the completion...

Selling part of your business property

PostedNovember 10, 2020

If your business no longer needs all the land that it owns, then selling part of your property for development can be a good way to release capital to invest...

Public Rights of Way: what does it mean for landowners, farm managers and walkers?

PostedOctober 15, 2020

Where is your boundary? Who owns a hedge, a ditch, a boundary? Where is that footpath? All these are common issues in land ownership. Many have a new passion for...

Getting ready for the final countdown and lockdown?

PostedSeptember 21, 2020

At Ashtons Legal, we saw a spike in footpath and public access enquiries at the beginning of lockdown. Harvest and post-harvest cultivation mean further chaos, as some paths are temporarily...