HM Land Registry training hub
Quick and easy access to guidance and training materials to help you prepare and submit high-quality applications and use HM Land Registry services.
Applies to England and Wales
Public guidance
Visit our public guidance page for a range of property matters including property ownership, registering property and property boundaries. This guidance is aimed primarily at members of the public and professionals who are not conveyancers.
Essentials
Our self-service training package will help you with the basics – whether you’re new to conveyancing or just need a refresher. This includes working with HM Land Registry, and preparing and submitting high-quality applications.
Top 10 Tips for tip-top applications
Read our tips for improving the quality of applications sent to HM Land Registry.
Guidance pages
Visit our individual guidance pages to access training materials and information on the following topics:
| Business Gateway | Help for business customers who use a case management system to access conveyancing services through Business Gateway. |
| Digital applications | Help for business customers to submit applications digitally. |
| Digital Registration Service | Help for business customers to submit applications digitally using the HM Land Registry portal. |
| Execution of deeds | How to ensure deeds are validly executed before they are submitted with applications for registration. |
| Fees | Help with calculating the correct fee for HM Land Registry applications and services. |
| First registrations | Help with registering unregistered land for the first time, including registering land when deeds are lost or destroyed. |
| Forms | Help with downloading and using the correct forms for your application. |
| Identity | Help with the identity requirements for applications. |
| Information Services | How to access information from the Land Register and apply for searches. |
| Leases | Help with registering and noting leases. |
| Plans | How to lodge quality plans with your application. |
| Portal | Help for business customers to access the HM Land Registry portal. |
| Price Paid Data – how to access | How to get information about Price Paid Data. |
| Register of Overseas Entities – registration and verification | Technical guidance for understanding the Register of Overseas Entities and the requirements it places on overseas entities that own land within the UK. |
| Requisitions | How to avoid requisitions on applications and what happens when they need to be raised. |
| Restrictions | How to register new restrictions and deal with existing restrictions in the register. |
| Specialist support services | How to access guidance on HM Land Registry’s specialist support services. |
| Transaction Data | How to access information about the volume and type of applications completed by HM Land Registry each month. |
| Variations in names | How to avoid requisitions about variations between names in the register, application forms and deeds submitted for registration. |
Practice guides
See our practice guides for detailed information on land registration. These guides are aimed primarily at conveyancers and often deal with complex matters and use legal terms.
Commonly viewed practice guides include:
- Notices, restrictions and protection of third-party interests (PG19)
- Execution of deeds (PG8)
- First registrations (PG1)
Webinars
Visit our GoToWebinar stage to watch live, recorded and short bite-sized webinars covering submitting digital applications, avoiding requisitions, products and services, plans, leases and first registrations. You can also watch recordings of our webinars with captions on our captioned webinar channel.
Popular webinars include:
- Search of the Index Map (SIM)
- Restrictions – entry, removal and compliance
- Introducing form RXC
- Electronic signatures
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Podcasts
Visit our Soundcloud channel to hear HM Land Registry experts talk about our land-registration practices, products and services.
Download the transcripts:
Videos
Visit our YouTube channel for a variety of helpful videos on land registration topics .
Commonly viewed videos include:
Checklists
Use our checklists to help you avoid requisitions.
- Application for registered land (PDF, 44.8 KB, 1 page)
- Application for registered land (HTML)
- Application for first registration (MS Word Document, 26.3 KB)
- Application for first registration (HTML)
- Extension of leases: submitting an application to register the surrender and regrant of a leasehold estate (HTML)
Flowcharts
Use our flowcharts to help you avoid requisitions.
Feedback
We really appreciate your comments, ideas and suggestions. So, if you have any feedback for us about this page or any suggestions for training topics and materials you’d like us to provide, please send an email to the team at training@landregistry.gov.uk
Wherever possible, your comments will be used to improve our guidance.
Updates to this page
Last updated 7 August 2023 + show all updates
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Added the transcripts for the practice guides podcast (parts 1 and 2).
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First published.