Change of https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/land-registration-act-2002-schedule-2

Change description : 2025-05-20 15:30:00: Notice 2 has been amended to allow for applications under the pilot to be made by way of Business Gateway as well as the Digital Registration service. [Guidance and regulation]

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Guidance

Notices under the Land Registration Rules 2003

When dealing with applications by means other than post, DX or personal delivery, the Chief Land Registrar may give notice publicising this.

Update history

2025-05-20 15:30
Notice 2 has been amended to allow for applications under the pilot to be made by way of Business Gateway as well as the Digital Registration service.

2024-08-16 06:30
Notices 16, 17, 19, 20 and 25 have been amended as we can now send and receive documents electronically up to 40 megabytes.

2024-07-15 06:00
Notice 23, which allows HC1 applications to be delivered by email, has been withdrawn, effective from 27 September 2024.

2023-11-16 06:30
Notice 19 has been amended to reflect the services currently available through Business Gateway.

2023-09-06 06:30
Notice 19 has been amended to provide transparency and clarification on how HM Land Registry receives, accepts and rejects applications lodged through Business Gateway.

2023-07-12 15:00
Suspension of certain notices as a result of essential maintenance work on all HM Land Registry electronic services from 16:00 hours on Friday 25 August 2023 until 06:30 hours on Tuesday 29 August 2023.

2023-04-03 06:30
Notice 2 has been amended as a result of an increase to the scope of the Qualified Electronic Signature Pilot to include a legal charge that is a remortgage of a registered estate, is a first charge and the chargor is the registered proprietor of the registered estate when the legal charge is created.

2023-01-17 20:00
Notice 25 has been amended as we can now accept applications to register a transfer by operation of law and a release from a charge (DS3) through our Digital Registration Service.

2022-12-21 09:04
Notice 17 has been amended as a result of an enhancement to Business Gateway to allow applicants to apply for an official search using a new schema which will provide a PDF certificate as normal but also receive information contained in the certificate as data which can be utilised in case management systems.

2022-12-16 10:00
Notice 28 has been amended to remove the specific reference to an application form relating to no more than one application, as HM Land Registry can accept a single form relating to multiple names where they are all names of corporations aggregate.

2022-11-29 20:00
Notice 25 has been amended as a lease is now a permitted application using the Digital Registration Service.

2022-11-21 06:00
Notice 6 has been amended to reflect revised arrangements for customer attendance at HM Land Registry offices and to include documents which are not kept in an electronic format in certain situations.

2022-10-31 20:00
Notice 25 has been amended as we can now accept applications to register transfers and assents of part and for the removal of Form A restrictions through our Digital Registration Service.

2022-07-28 16:00
Notice 28 added which allows applications by email for a search in the index of proprietors’ names.

2022-05-05 20:00
Notice 12 has been withdrawn as a result of the closure of HM Land Registry’s Find a Property service.

2022-04-12 14:30
Notice 19 has been amended. A new API (Registered Proprietor Name) has been added to Business Gateway to give customers the same name checking ability as already available via DRS through Portal.