Fees review 2021 to 2022
Published 3 November 2021
Applies to England and Wales
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Some of our land registration fees increased on Monday 31 January 2022. This guide contains the new fees which you have to pay when:
- you submit an application on or after 31 January
- an application is cancelled or rejected and you resubmit it on or after 31 January
Scale 1 fees
Apply by post
| Value | Old fee | New fee |
|---|---|---|
| 拢0 to 拢80,000 | 拢40 | 拢45 |
| 拢80,001 to 拢100,000 | 拢80 | 拢95 |
| 拢100,001 to 拢200,000 | 拢190 | 拢230 |
| 拢200,001 to 拢500,000 | 拢270 | 拢330 |
| 拢500,001 to 拢1,000,000 | 拢540 | 拢655 |
| 拢1,000,001 and over | 拢910 | 拢1,105 |
Apply using the portal or Business Gateway
Registration of all leases and transfers or surrenders which affect part of a registered title
| Value | Old fee | New fee |
|---|---|---|
| 拢0 to 拢80,000 | 拢40 | 拢45 |
| 拢80,001 to 拢100,000 | 拢80 | 拢95 |
| 拢100,001 to 拢200,000 | 拢190 | 拢230 |
| 拢200,001 to 拢500,000 | 拢270 | 拢330 |
| 拢500,001 to 拢1,000,000 | 拢540 | 拢655 |
| 拢1,000,001 and over | 拢910 | 拢1,105 |
Transfers or surrenders which affect the whole of a registered title
| Value | Old fee | New fee* |
|---|---|---|
| 拢0 to 拢80,000 | 拢20 | 拢20听 |
| 拢80,001 to 拢100,000 | 拢40 | 拢40 |
| 拢100,001 to 拢200,000 | 拢95 | 拢100 |
| 拢200,001 to 拢500,000 | 拢135 | 拢150 |
| 拢500,001 to 拢1,000,000 | 拢270 | 拢295 |
| 拢1,000,001 and over | 拢455 | 拢500 |
*These new fees include the fee reduction for transfers of whole and surrenders of whole for registered titles when using the portal or Business Gateway (reduced by 55% compared with the increased fee for postal applications).
Voluntary first registration (reduced fee)
| Value | Old fee | New fee |
|---|---|---|
| 拢0 to 拢80,000 | 拢30听 | 拢30 |
| 拢80,001 to 拢100,000 | 拢60 | 拢70 |
| 拢100,001 to 拢200,000 | 拢140 | 拢170 |
| 拢200,001 to 拢500,000 | 拢200 | 拢250 |
| 拢500,001 to 拢1,000,000 | 拢400 | 拢495 |
| 拢1,000,001 and over | 拢680 | 拢830 |
Scale 2 fees
Apply by post
| Value | Old fee | New fee |
|---|---|---|
| 拢0 to 拢100,000 | 拢40 | 拢45 |
| 拢100,001 to 拢200,000 | 拢60 | 拢70 |
| 拢200,001 to 拢500,000 | 拢80 | 拢100 |
| 拢500,001 to 拢1,000,000 | 拢120 | 拢145 |
| 拢1,000,001 and over | 拢250 | 拢305 |
Apply using the portal or Business Gateway
Registration of transfers of part, and all other Scale 2 applications that do not affect the whole of a registered title
| Value | Old fee | New fee |
|---|---|---|
| 拢0 to 拢100,000 | 拢40 | 拢45 |
| 拢100,001 to 拢200,000 | 拢60 | 拢70 |
| 拢200,001 to 拢500,000 | 拢80 | 拢100 |
| 拢500,001 to 拢1,000,000 | 拢120 | 拢145 |
| 拢1,000,001 and over | 拢250 | 拢305 |
Transfers of whole, charges of whole, transfers of charges and other applications of whole of registered titles
| Value | Old fee | New fee* |
|---|---|---|
| 拢0 to 拢100,000 | 拢20 | 拢20 |
| 拢100,001 to 拢200,000 | 听拢30 | 听拢30 |
| 拢200,001 to 拢500,000 | 拢40 | 拢45 |
| 拢500,001 to 拢1,000,000 | 拢60 | 拢65 |
| 拢1,000,001 and over | 拢125 | 拢140 |
*These new fees include the fee reduction for transfers of whole and surrenders of whole for registered titles when using the portal or Business Gateway (reduced by 55% compared with the increased fee for postal applications).
Other changes to fees and exemptions
New entry in the Land Register
Applications for a new entry in the register (under rule 79A right to manage by an RTM company) cost:
- 拢20 when lodged electronically
- 拢40 by post
Fees changes for historical copies
Each application for a historical copy of the register costs:
- 拢3 when lodged electronically
- 拢7 by post
Each application of an historical copy of a title plan costs:
- 拢3 when lodged electronically
- 拢7 by post
Register a notice of a lease
There is a new abatement providing that no fee is payable to register a notice of a lease, where the application accompanies an application for the registration of the grant of an easement contained in the lease.
Disclaimers of properties made by trustees in bankruptcy
There is a new exemption for a request to note disclaimers of properties made by trustees in bankruptcy, liquidators, Treasury Solicitor (on behalf of the Crown), or the Solicitor to the Duchy of Lancaster or to the Duchy of Cornwall.
Death of a proprietor
There is an amendment of the existing exemption about noting the death of a proprietor. The exemption now refers to a proprietor (rather than joint proprietor) and applies to the recording of the death of a sole proprietor as well as a joint proprietor.