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No timeline for lifting Land Registry paywall as ownership remains opaque

theguardian.comNo timeline for lifting Land Registry paywall as ownership remains opaqueDefra promised in March to work towards free access to data on large plots in England and Wales The government has refused to say when the public will be able to freely access information about who owns large plots of land across England and Wales. Emma Reynolds, the previous secretary of state for the environment, announced in March that the paywall protecting large amounts of the Land Registry would be partly lifted. Continue reading...

15/10/26, 6:02 am12 reposts25 likes

Tree Bird

@oakwoods.bsky.social

It would take moments to lift the paywall from the Land Registry title deed search facility. Its not unreasonable then to assume that landowner lobbying is behind the delay.