See http://www.landregisteronline.gov.uk/lro/service_guide.htm
It says that 20 million properties are registered.
See also
http://www.direct.gov.uk/HomeAndCommunity/BuyingAndSellingYourHome/ServicesForPropertyBuyersAndSellers/PropertyServicesArticles/fs/en?CONTENT_ID=10026643&chk=jbBKKb
http://preview.tinyurl.com/y7xodr
"The Land Register is a record of all land registrations in England and
Wales. Each register of title has its own number (the title number) and is
split into three parts:
the property register describes the property
the proprietorship (ownership) register records who owns the property
the charges register gives details of things like mortgages or rights that
may affect the property adversely
The Land Registry also produces a title plan, showing the location and
extent of the property. The plan does not normally show who owns the
boundary features."
"Can I get information on individual properties from the Land Register?
Yes, you can obtain details of individual properties in England and Wales
from the Land Register Online website of over 19 million registered records
for a small fee, payable by credit or debit card. These represent the
majority of English and Welsh properties. It does not provide details of any
that are not registered."
The Register information will generally include:
a description of the property
who owns it
mortgage lender (if any)
price stated (if registered since 1 April 2000)
rights of way (not public rights of way) or other rights affecting the
property
restrictions or other conditions"
Nick Landau
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From: "Scourfield, Brenda" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Nick Landau" <[log in to unmask]>;
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Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 2:32 PM
Subject: RE: [data-protection] Photos of a property
> If say the photos were of the back of the house and were being asked for
> by
> a burglar, who otherwise would not be able to study this aspect, surely
> there would be some FOI exemption.
>
> Not all property is registered with the Land Registry. Our house for one
> isn't. I believe only properties that changed hands after a certain
> date(which I do not know) have to be registered.
>
> Brenda Scourfield
> Team Leader
> I.T. Division
> Pembrokeshire County Council
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>> [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Nick Landau
>> Sent: 14 November 2006 14:14
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: [data-protection] Photos of a property
>>
>> 25 years ago, a colleague showed me a postcard of Bucklers Hard in
>> Hampshire.
>>
>> It said that it showed him and his family nearly 20 years earlier when he
>> was a child walking along the street.
>>
>> I am not sure whether they knew that it was being taken as a postcard at
>> the
>> time.
>>
>> No doubt, there would be all sorts of DP and Child Protection
>> implications
>>
>> now.
>>
>> I doubt that Number 10 is a good example as it goes with the office.
>> Presumably if there was personal information about the persons that lived
>> there and even though it didn't mention the name then that would be
>> presumably personal data.
>>
>> As far as I know the Land Registry contains a public database of all or
>> most
>> properties. Presumably if it had pictures of the properties this would
>> still
>> not be personal data.
>>
>> Indeed, on Radio 4 yesterday the Moneybox phone-in had someone ringing up
>> about the repossession of the property where they were a tenant. They
>> were
>>
>> told that they could look up on a database to look at the mortgage
>> situation
>> of the property that they lived in (don't ask - I don't know the
>> details).
>> I
>> am not sure what difference it would make if it had pictures.
>>
>> Having said that I can understand people's discomfort about this kind of
>> thing.
>>
>> I am not clear in what circumstances the pictures taken from within
>> someone's property would be available. If they have been taken without
>> permission I would have thought that would be trespass. But then I am not
>> a
>> lawyer.
>>
>> Nick Landau
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Brenda Scourfield" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 2:02 PM
>> Subject: [data-protection] Photos of a property
>>
>>
>> My only doubts were that it could identify a person ie 10, Downing
>> Street.
>> Also, what if there were people standing outside the property that
>> appeared in the photograph or what if the view was one that could not be
>> seen from a public path/road - you would have to be on private property,
>> in the grounds to actually see that view. This last doubt though I don't
>> think is DP. Could there be an exemption under FOI ?
>>
>> At the moment I don't know if any of this applies to the photographs in
>> question.I have just had an enquiry from our Property Section.
>>
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