Change of land ownership

BoozyBabe

I'm sorry for the question, but I was trying to google it, & I'm not even sure what I should be looking up.

Basically, once planning is approved, we need to get the site put in our name.
I know we'll need a solicitor for this, but is there anything we can have ready for the solicitor on our 1st visit?
I don't want to go in with one arm longer than the other if there's smoething we need to have sorted before a trip to the solicitor can be useful.

What are the steps involved?
The person whom we're getting the site from uses the same solicitor as the one we'll be using, so is it right to assume the solicitor will already have all the land details we need, or is there anything else we need to supply him with?

Sorry for the silly questions. VVV Green about the whole thing!

trunko

We are just going through the same process now..
My partners father is changing the land into her name at no cost, and the solicitor has requested the land deeds (which the land owner or land owners solicitor should have). I think this is all he needs to get the land owership changed.

Also apparently this process can take a long long while to go through, a couple of years in some cases, although this should not hinder your planning.

This is all assuming your circumstances are similar.

Hope that helps.

Quazzie

It might be an idea to have a copy of the map of the land. We had to get an original map for the signing over. To get the map you will need a reference, and this can be got from any of the maps used for the planning permission application. I'm nearly sure everything else is organized by the solicitor

Maps can be bought here.

BoozyBabe

Thanks for that.
Well then, seeing as the landowner's solicitor is our solicitor, he should have everything we need.
It doesn't affect us getting planning permission without it being in our name. Like, there's no point putting it in our name if we can't get planning permission.
However, we were due to get that today. The problem is, you DO need it done to get a mortgage, which we want to get sorted in the next month or so, so it'd better not take a couple of years!!!!

trunko

Some friends of mine did it a couple of years ago and it still has not fully gone through.

They did however get a mortgage. I think you show them a letter showing that it is in the process of being transferred and also a letter from the parent stating that he/she is giving you the land and will not ask for any payment for it in the future.

nuttz

Having the same solicitor may not always be a good idea. I remember reading in a forum somewhere where someone was in a similar situation, I'll see if I can dig it out..

Someone mentioned above that the process could take years, I don't see how this could be the case unless the solicitor wasn't doing their job. Call the Land registry and they will tell you what is needed, form 17 plus other items, I can't remember at the moment.

Poor Uncle Tom

BoozyBabe wrote: »

I'm sorry for the question, but I was trying to google it, & I'm not even sure what I should be looking up.

It's called conveyencing.

BoozyBabe wrote: »

Basically, once planning is approved, we need to get the site put in our name.
I know we'll need a solicitor for this, but is there anything we can have ready for the solicitor on our 1st visit?

If the site is not the whole landholding then it (the site) will need to be marked out on a seperate original Land Registry Map or original Ordnance Survey May and the area specified and the map signed and stamped by an Draughtsman, Architectural Technician, Architect or Engineer.

BoozyBabe wrote: »

The person whom we're getting the site from uses the same solicitor as the one we'll be using, so is it right to assume the solicitor will already have all the land details we need, or is there anything else we need to supply him with?

Potential conflict of interest if everything does not run smoothly. I would use another solicitor, if it was me.