Land Registry

Ready reference guide

For all applications received at

Land Registry offices on or after
6 July 2009.

This guide contains a summary

only. For further details see the
Land Registration Fee Order 2009.

Registration services fees

July 2009
Registration services
Your application may be cancelled if the
correct fee is not paid. If you are unsure
of the fee, please contact Land Registry
for advice. See contact details.
Transfers of registered land for value
(this includes transfers giving effect to
Scale 1 dispositions of shares in registered
estates).
Fee payable on the consideration.
Articles 2 and 3
Reduced for First registration of a rentcharge
voluntary first registrations Fee payable – £50.

Leases
See leases section.
Use Scale 1 for the following transactions.
Surrenders and cancellation of leases
First registrations See leases section.
If made within one year of an open market
sale, base the fee on the consideration (plus Transfers made under r.38 of the Land
amount outstanding under any continuing Registration Rules 2003
charge). Fee payable on later transaction only.
However, for the following first registrations
the fee is payable on the full current open NB: Applications for first registration of
market value of the estate. title to a rentcharge, a francise or a profit
are not voluntary applications, and do not
– Assents. qualify for a reduced fee.
– Exchanges.
– Equity release transfers.
– First mortgages.
– First registrations more than one year old.
– Franchises.
– Profits.
– Transfers by way of gift.
– Transfers of a share.
Value or amount (£) Fee (£) Reduced fee (£)
(for a voluntary
first registration)

0 – 50,000 50 40
50,001 – 80,000 80 60
80,001 – 100,000 130 100
100,001 – 200,000 200 150
200,001 – 500,000 280 210
500,001 – 1,000,000 550 410
1,000,001 and over 920 690

Scale 2
Articles 4 and 5
Do not use for any first registrations
Use Scale 2 for the following transactions.
Transfers of registered estates
not for value
Assess the fee on the value of the estate,
less the amount outstanding on any
continuing registered charge. Where a
transfer not for value gives effect to the
transfer of a share in a registered estate,
the fee is payable on the value of that
share.
Transfers of registered charges
Fee payable on the consideration, or, where
the transfer is not for value, on the amount
secured by the charge at the time of the
transfer.
Where a transfer not for value gives effect
to the transfer of a share in a registered
charge the fee is payable on the value of
that share.
Value or amount (£)
0 – 100,000
100,001 – 200,000
200,001 – 500,000
500,001 – 1,000,000
1,000,001 and over
Charges of registered estates
See charges section.
Other applications affecting registered
estates
The fee for the following is payable on
the value of the estate less the amount of
any continuing registered charge.
– Alterations of the register.
– Appropriations.
– Assents of registered estates.
NB: Not if first registration.
– Transfers of matrimonial or civil
partnership homes pursuant to court
orders.
– Transfers by operation of law on death or
bankruptcy.
– Vesting orders or declarations
(under s.27(5) of the Land
Registration Act 2002).
Surrenders of leases not for value
See leases section.
Fee (£)
50
70
90
130
260
 The following applications
are exempt from fee
Schedule 4

1 Change the property description or the 11 Deregister a manor.

name, address or description of any
person referred to in the register.
2 Change the registered proprietor
following certain statutory vestings.
3 Register the surrender of a registered
lease where a scale fee is paid for
the registration of a new lease of
substantially the same property and the
registered proprietor remains the same
(see leases section).
4 Discharge a registered charge.
5 Register or renew a home rights notice,
or renew a matrimonial home rights
caution under the Family Law Act 1996.
6 Register the death of a joint proprietor.
12 Enter a note of the dissolution of
a corporation.
13 Register a joint proprietorship
restriction in form A in Schedule
4 to the Land Registration Rules 2003.
14 *Access the registrar’s computer
system from a remote terminal for day
list information.
15 To lodge a caution against first
registration or make a register entry in
either case where the application is in
respect of the repair of a church
chancel.
*Note: Paragraph 14 relates to information services but
is reproduced here as it is included in Schedule 4.

7 Cancel a notice (other than a notice

of an unregistered lease or unregistered
rentcharge), caution against first
registration, caution against dealings,
including a withdrawal of a deposit or
intended deposit, inhibition, restriction,
or note.

8 Remove the designation of a document

as an exempt information document.

9 Approve an estate layout plan or any

draft document with or without a plan.

10 Give effect to an order by the registrar

(other than an order under s.41(2)
of the Land Registration Act 2002).
 The following * Note: Paragraphs 5, 6, 7 and 8
below – no fixed fee is payable if the

applications attract application is accompanied by a

scale fee application.

a fixed fee
Schedule 3
Parts 1 and 4

Part 1
1 Standard restrictions; most notices; new or additional beneficiaries Up to three titles £50
of a unilateral notice. Each additional title £25
NB: No fee is payable if, for each registered title affected, the application
is accompanied by a scale fee application or another application
attracting a fee under this same paragraph, ie Schedule 3, Part 1(1)
lodged at the same time.

2 Non-standard restrictions. Per title £100

3 Caution against first registration (other than one under s.117(2)(a) £50
of the Land Registration Act 2002).

4 Alter a cautions register. Per register £50

5 *Closing a leasehold or rentcharge title (not on surrender). (For fees Per title £50
on surrender, see leases section.)

6 *Upgrading a title. £50

7 *Cancelling notice of an unregistered rentcharge. Per title £50

8 *Entry or removal of a record of a defect in title under s.64(1) of the £50

Land Registration Act 2002.

9 Outline application delivered:

(a) by means of a remote terminal £3
(b) by any other means. £6

10 Order under s.41(2) of the Land Registration Act 2002 in respect Per title £50
of a restriction.

11 Adverse possession of a registered estate (including site Per title £150

inspection fee).

12 Notification of an application for adverse possession. Per title £50

13 Determination of a boundary. Per application £100

Part 1 (cont)
14 Freehold estate in commonhold without unit holders. Up to 20 units £50
Up to 20 units thereafter £15

15 Adding land:
(a) to the common parts title £50
(b) to a commonhold unit £50
(c) adding commonhold units. Up to 20 units £50
Up to 20 units thereafter £15

16 Land ceases to be commonhold during the transitional period. £50

17 Freehold estate in commonhold land with unit holders. Per unit converted £50

18 Amended commonhold community statement which changes the

extent:
(a) common parts £50
(b) commonhold units. Up to 3 units £50
NB: No fee is payable if, for each registered title affected, the For each subsequent unit £25
application is accompanied by a scale fee application or another
application attracting a fee under this part, ie Schedule 3, Part
1(18).

19 Amended commonhold community statement which does not £50

change the extent.
NB: No fee is payable if, for each registered title affected, the
application is accompanied by a scale fee application or another
application attracting a fee under this part, ie Schedule 3, Part
1(19).

20 Alteration to the Memorandum or Articles of Association of a £50

commonhold association.

21 Termination of a commonhold registration. Per title £50

22 Noting surrender of a development right under s. 58 of the £50

Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002.

Part 4
3 Designate a document an exempt information document. Per document £26
 Charges of
registered land
Use Scale 2

Fees payable No fee payable

– Where the charge secures a fixed amount,
base the fee on that amount.
– Where the charge secures further
advances and the maximum amount that
can be advanced or owed at any one time
is limited, base the fee on the maximum
amount.
A charge which accompanies a scale
fee application under which the chargor
becomes the registered proprietor of
the land.
A charge which is lodged before the
completion of an application for
compulsory first registration or for the
registration of a transfer of registered land.

– Where the charge secures further
advances and the total amount that can
be advanced or owed at any one time is
not limited, base the fee on the value of
the property charged.
NB: An application to register a charge that
does not accompany, but is lodged before
completion of, a voluntary first registration,
is not exempt from a Scale 2 fee.

– Where the charge is by way of additional

or substituted security or by way of
guarantee, base the fee on the lesser of:
– the amount secured or guaranteed, and
– the value of the property charged.

– Where the charge secures an obligation

or liability which is contingent upon the
happening of a future event, base the fee on
either:
– the maximum amount or value of the
obligation, or
– if that maximum amount is greater than
the value of the property charged, or is
not limited by the charge, or cannot be
calculated at the time of the application,
the value of the property charged.

– For large scale applications when a

charge affects more than 20 land units,
refer to the final page of this guide.
 Leases

Use Scale 1 for the following transactions.

Surrender of a registered lease
Registration The fee is based on the monetary
The fee for an application by the original consideration.
lessee or his or her personal representative NB: No fee is payable to register the
for the registration of title to a lease, or for surrender of a registered lease where
the registration of the grant of a lease, is a scale fee is paid for the registration
payable either: of a new lease of substantially the same
– on an amount equal to the sum of the property and the registered proprietor
premium and the rent remains the same.
– if there is no premium, on the amount of
any quantifiable rent, or Use Scale 2 for the following transaction.
– if there is no premium and either there is Surrender of a lease other than for monetary
no rent or the rent cannot be quantified, consideration. The fee is based on the value
on the value of the lease (assessed under of the lease prior to the surrender.
article 7 of the Fee Order) subject to a
minimum fee of £50. A fixed fee of £50 is payable for the
following application.
NB: ‘Rent’ means the largest amount Determination of a registered lease by
of annual rent the lease reserves within the effluxion of time, merger or forfeiture.
first five years of its term that can NB: No fee is payable if the application
be quantified at the time an application accompanies another application where
to register the lease is made. a scale fee is payable.
Determination
– Cancellation of entry of notice of an
unregistered lease on surrender, effluxion
of time or forfeiture. Fee based on the
value of the lease immediately prior to its
determination.
– Cancellation of entry of notice of an
unregistered lease on merger for:
– no monetary consideration, fee based
on the value of the lease immediately
prior to its merger
– monetary consideration, fee payable on
the consideration.
NB: If the reversionary title is being
transferred to the tenant a Scale 1 fee is
also payable on the transfer.
 Large scale
applications
Article 6
For applications involving 20
or more land units

‘Land unit’ means:

– a parcel of registered land under
a single title number, or
– a parcel of unregistered land that does not
adjoin another area of unregistered land
affected by the same application.

For more details see Practice Guide 33 –

Large scale applications (calculation of fees)

Additional Information

Value Added Tax (VAT)

– When assessing value under either Scale 1
or Scale 2, fees must be paid on the VAT-
inclusive consideration or rent.
– Land Registry fees are not subject to VAT.

Payment of fees
You can pay for services and substantive
applications by a variable direct debit
account, cheque or postal order, made
payable to ‘Land Registry’. Credit account
can be used where previously arranged

Fee information is available on our website:

www.landregistry.gov.uk
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