Hi Carol,
The low number of your plot suggest that you were one of the first to buy
plots in Alices Meadow. I would be very interested to hear how you learned
of it.

As regarding change of address - you don't need to tell anyone - because
nearly all of Alice's meadow ( and this will certainly include your plot) is
unregistered land.

There are two types of land in England - registered and unregistered.
(Registered land is simply land that is registered at the Land Registry.) At
the time of the Alice's Meadow sell off, the regulations in force meant that
land below a certain threshold value didn't need to be registered when sold
or transferred. Which is why nearly all of Alice's Meadow is unregistered.

Possibly partly because of the success of the Alice's Meadow campaign, the
regulations were changed, and now ALL land needs to be registered with the
Land Registry when it is sold or transferred - so eventually there will be
no unregistered land in England. The sale of Alice's Meadow would still be
legal under the current regulations - but the catch is that each plot would
be liable for registration charges of about £30, so it would not be viable
for so many small plots.

While your plot remains in your possession you do not need to do anything
about registering it - unless you want to. However, if you ever sold it,
or if it was to be transferred in your will at the time of your death, then
it would have to registered and a fee woud have to be paid.

If you want to, you can do this yourself simply by contacting the land
registry at www.landregistry.gov.uk. However, the process is a little
involved for the lay person, and my brother - who works for a firm of
solicitors specialising in property transfers, will be willing to help you
do this. However, you will still need to pay the registration fees
yourself. His e-mail is rkb1809@....

Hope that is helpful.

Regards

Paul

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From: "maidenphotos" <pavones@...>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 10:07 AM
Subject: Land Registry


Hi

Very glad to have found this site as I'd been wondering if my plot 287
had by now been covered with tarmac. Delighted to find it hasn't!

Do you know who to contact re change of address? I've moved around a
lot since 1983!

Carol