How do i find out who the land belongs too.?

Question

I HAVE SOME TREES AT THE BACK OF MY HOUSE THAT STAND ON A PRECIPICE .THEY NEED TO BE CUT BECAUSE THEY ARE SO TALL AND TAKE THE LIGHT OF MY HOUSE..BUT NOBODY SEEMS TO WANT TO KNOW WHO THEY BELONG TO ...CAN ANYBODY TELL ME WHERE AND WHAT TO DO...

Answer 1

Cut them down and see who complains

Answer 2

In fact, a lot of land is still unregistered and the chances are that the Registry Office will not know. You can find out what they DO know with a payment of £6, but do it by telephone initially: I ended up paying £6 twice (and still no relevant information) because the interactive map on their website does not necessarily turn up the exact bit you are enquiring about. On the phone, they are very helpful and will give you other lines of enquiry to pursue.

Sometimes it's really difficult to find out. Try the local council. Or the best way may be simply to ask around among other peope who back onto it, who may have more local knowledge, or ask local estate agents. (Find out if there's a residents' association of some kind.) It might still belong to the original owner who built the houses. That's the case with our grass verges here (despite the fact that the council cuts the grass.)

Even if there is a preservation order on the trees, you can get permission to lop branches that cut back your light. I have some preserved trees near me, and the rule is that not more than 30% can be lopped, and a good shape has to be left.

Answer 3

Land Registry

http://www.landreg.gov.uk

Answer 4

first the local council and community council then the land registry. post office is worth a try too.
if after you have contacted the following without luck just go trim them but dont remove them.
the owner may come out of the woodwork if they see a change in the trees and then you can ask them to do further work

Answer 5

In the first instance, you can contact Land Registry who should know the address/title number of the land/property. This would be a start to finding out who owns it. I doubt if Land Registry will tell you over the phone who owns it, but they might be able to advise you of the land's 'address' and if ownership is recorded on their documents, which will enable you to decide whether to obtain the relevant documents through their website for which there is a fee.

Answer 6

If they are private houses and fences around them they will probable belong to the garden there in. But if they are Council rented or privately rented you would have to get in touch with the landlord. Private houses have boundary on the deeds to say what land is yours. If the tree is on it then it belongs to you. Hope this was of help

Answer 7

Phone the Land Registry or your local council for information. The trees though could be part of a conservation order so you may not be able to touch them AT ALL!!!.

Answer 8

you can contact the land regestry, they will know who the land is owned by, you could also try your local council. if that fails, get a tree feller in and get them to top the trees so it does not effect your light. if the branches are overhanging your property you still have the right to cut them off, but you must not dispose of them, just leave them next to the tree as they are still the property of the tree owners

Answer 9

I agree with Moonshine. There might be a TPO (Tree Preservation Order) on them. Our neighbour has a majestic copper beech in her garden and that has. She had it cleaned up by tree surgeons though and now all the dead and old wood is out it lets a lot more light through in the summer.
Might be why no one wants to know. Tree surgeons ain't cheap and this is the on law trees subject to a TPO:
"If you cut down, uproot or wilfully damage a protected tree or carry out works such as lopping or topping which could be likely to seriously damage or destroy the tree then there are fines on summary conviction of up to £20,000, or on indictment the fines are unlimited. Other offences concerning protected trees could incur fines of up to £2,500."
http://www.planning-applications.co.uk/tpo.htm

Answer 10

Local council is first call to make as they may have the power to shorten or remove nuisance trees

failing this try ring barking the buggers that will stop them then fence of the land ( this is sure to find out who claims to own it )

Good luck

Roger

Answer 11

Look in Yellow Pages for Land Registry and phone up or go in person if it is near enough or if you look up the name of the building on the net it might have it there