Buying land from council

[Bon]

Thanks for that Andrew, so just to recap (stolen this thread for long enough!) I should do a £3 land registry search but if that draws a blank fence it off for 12 years/ring our council?

 

[joe-90]

It's not so much about fencing it off as proving use of for 12 years.

 

[Bon]

OK, been in for 18 months now so only another 10.5 years to go!

Think I'll get the Mrs. a LR search for xmas!!!

 

[libby lou lou]

I'm sure somewhere along the line, you have to make your intentions public, like in a local paper, so as anyone who dose'nt agree with your proposal can object

 

[joe-90]

There may not be an owner.

 

[Bon]

So do we just stick a flag in the ground Far and Away style?

 

[Steve]

Many people on our street have "descreetly" taken on extra land at the bottom of their gardens - they've moved their fences a few feet back, onto the wasteland next to the public footpath. We'd do the same, but theres a large inspection chamber behind our fence, for the land drain under our garden.

 

[Nige F]

I'm sure somewhere along the line, you have to make your intentions public, like in a local paper, so as anyone who dose'nt agree with your proposal can object

along the line ...like now before you "posess" it , and you have to notify the owner/take steps to find them ..........yet another loophole closed by Nanny State