Land Registry fees toolkit

A toolkit to guide users round materials on Land Registry fees, including information both on the current regime and on previous fee scales.

Current fees

Calculation and payment of fees

Payment of Land Registry fees by Direct Debit

Guidance on Land Registry fees

Land Registry fee orders that are no longer in force

Current fees

The Land Registration Fee Order 2012 (SI 2012/1969) (www.practicallaw.com/1-520-6948) (LR Fee Order 2012) came into force on 22 October 2012, replacing the Land Registration Fee Order 2009 (SI 2009/845) (LR Fee Order 2009).

Calculation and payment of fees

You can use the Land Registry Online Fee Calculator to calculate fees payable: calculator (www.practicallaw.com/4-106-6026). This has been updated to reflect the provisions of the LR Fee Order 2012.

The calculator employs a simple three-stage process that allows users to choose their type of application, enter the value of the transaction, indicate if the application relates to a first registration of unregistered land, and then calculate the value of fees payable.

A breakdown of fees payable for various transactions made via the Land Registry online portal is available on the Portal fees (www.practicallaw.com/5-506-6470) page and for certain online and other forms of submission, in the Information services fees (www.practicallaw.com/3-506-6471) publication.

Payment of Land Registry fees by Direct Debit

The Land Registry accepts payment of fees by Direct Debit.

Enquiries on how to arrange payments by Direct Debit should be sent to e-receivables@landregistry.gsi.gov.uk, including your name, organisation, address, telephone number and existing credit account number (if appropriate).

For further information on payment by Direct Debit see:

• Legal update, Compliance with Solicitors' Accounts Rules: payment of Land Registry application fees (www.practicallaw.com/9-207-0096), which provides information on how the payment mechanism works.

• Land Registry: Payment of fees by variable Direct Debit (www.practicallaw.com/4-207-0094).

Guidance on Land Registry fees

The Land Registry has published the following guidance:

• Guide to Land Registry Portal Information Services Fees (www.practicallaw.com/5-506-6470).

• Information services fees (October 2012) (www.practicallaw.com/3-506-6471).

• Land charges and agricultural credits fees (September 2011) (www.practicallaw.com/9-506-6473).

• Registration services fees (October 2012) (www.practicallaw.com/1-506-6472).

• LR Practice Guide 10 - Official searches of the Index Map (www.practicallaw.com/4-106-6719).

• LR Practice Guide 33 - Large scale applications (calculation of fees) (www.practicallaw.com/3-106-6611).

• LR Practice Guide 49 - Return and rejection of applications for registration (www.practicallaw.com/6-106-6619).

• LR Practice Guide 50 - Requisition and cancellation procedures (www.practicallaw.com/9-106-6745).

• Addenda to Land Registry Practice Guides 49 and 50 (www.practicallaw.com/6-384-6885).

Land Registry fee orders that are no longer in force

For information on repealed Land Registry fee orders, see:

• For a summary of the key changes to the fees regime made by the LR Fee Order 2012, see Legal update, Land Registry fees to decrease (www.practicallaw.com/7-520-6747).

• Land Registration Fee Order 2006 (SI 2006/1332).

  For more information on the changes made by this Order, see:

  • Legal update, Changes to Land Registry practice (www.practicallaw.com/9-384-6935).

  • LR Practice Bulletin 010 - The Land Registration Fee Order 2006 (www.practicallaw.com/2-203-9740).

• Land Registration Fee Order 2004 (SI 2004/595).

  • For more information on the changes made by this Order, see Legal update, The Land Registration Fee Order 2004 (www.practicallaw.com/9-107-2341).

• Land Registration Fee (Amendment) Order 2004 (SI 2004/1833).

• Land Registration Fee Order 2003 (SI 2003/2092).

  For more information on the changes made by this Order, see:

  • Legal update, Land Registration Fee Order 2003 (www.practicallaw.com/1-107-1350).

  • LR Practice Bulletin 05 - The Land Registration Fee Order 2003 (www.practicallaw.com/2-106-6602).

• Land Registration Fees Order 2003 (SI 2003/165).

• Land Registration Fees Order 2001 (SI 2001/1179).

• Land Registration Fees Order 1999 (SI 1999/2254).

• Land Registration Fees Order 1998 (SI 1998/3199).

• Land Registration Fees Order 1997 (SI 1997/178).

• Land Registration Fees (No. 2) Order 1997 (SI 1997/1710).

• Land Registration Fees Order 1996 (SI 1996/187).

• Land Registration Fees Order 1994 (SI 1994/1974).

• Land Registration Fees Order 1993 (SI 1993/3229).

• Land Registration Fees Order 1992 (SI 1992/2089).

• Land Registration Fees Order 1991 (SI 1991/1948).

• Land Registration Fee Order 1990 (SI 1990/172).

• Land Registration Fees (No. 2) Order 1990 (SI 1990/2029).

• Land Registration Fee Order 1988 (SI 1988/665).