#2026/615UK Rules on Reporting Contractual Control Rights Over Registered Land
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These regulations create a new information regime for contractual control rights over registered land in England and Wales, starting on 6 April 2027. They focus on arrangements such as options, pre-emption rights and similar contracts that can give one party control over whether land is sold or developed. Landowners, developers, investors and conveyancers will need to identify affected contracts and provide specified information for land registration purposes. The practical aim is more transparency around who can influence future transactions involving registered land.
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Key Changes
- Creates a reporting regime for contractual control rights over registered land in England and Wales
- Covers rights such as options, pre-emption rights and similar arrangements affecting future land transactions
- Requires specified contractual control information to be provided for land registration purposes from 6 April 2027
Obligations
What this law requires
Parties to contracts creating contractual control rights over registered land in England and Wales, including options, pre-emption rights and similar rights, must provide the specified contractual control information required by the Regulations for land registration purposes.
Conveyancers handling affected registered land transactions must identify whether a contract creates or confers a contractual control right and ensure that the required contractual control information is provided for registration purposes.
Persons entitled to enforce a contractual control right, including a grantee entitled to exercise an option, pre-emption right, or direction/request affecting a relevant disposition, must disclose information about that right where required under the registered land information regime.