New practice guide on contractual control rights now available
What was announced
HM Land Registry has published a new practice guide to help conveyancers and the wider property market understand and prepare for new requirements on contractual control agreements.
Key points, in the publisher's words
- Practice guide 84 explains when information about contractual control rights over registered land must be provided to HM Land Registry under the Provision of Information (Contractual Control) (Registered Land) Regulations 2026, what information is required, and how and when it must be submitted.
- The regulations come into force on 6 April 2027. From that date, information about certain agreements affecting registered land in England and Wales - including option agreements, conditional contracts and pre-emption rights - must be submitted digitally to HM Land Registry.
- The new requirements will improve transparency in the property market by making it easier to understand who has influence over how land is used and developed, even where ownership has not changed.
Who and where
UK bodies of power
- HM Land Registry (non ministerial department) · more news
Where this sits in the 10 levels of power
Topics, as GOV.UK files them: Land registration, Planning reform.
Receipt
- Original: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-practice-guide-on-contractual-control-rights-now-available
- Published 2026-10-26 12:07:45 UTC
- Read by this site 2026-10-26 12:15:10 UTC from GOV.UK
- Saved copy: receipt 2368, with its SHA-256 fingerprint
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