Letter: registration history of Ty Mawr Farm

(“the Act”) and the Land Registration Rules 2003 (“the Rules”). This 
legislation is designed to provide a registration system providing title 
holders with a state backed guarantee of ownership. 
HMLR’s main role is to keep a register of ownership and interests in 
land and to enter information on to the register following receipt of 
satisfactory applications. 
Prior to completing any application, we are required to check that 
each application complies with the requirements under the Act and 
the Rules. When applications do not comply with these 
requirements, or if it is established that additional information is 
needed to consider an application, we are able to request further 
information under rule 17 of the Rules, before completing an 
application. Our role is to be reactive in responding to applications 
received rather than pro-active in establishing any rights which may 
exist. 
Once an interest is registered, HMLR guarantees the title. The 
guarantee means that the title owner can rely on the registration as 
evidence of legal ownership and that there is no longer any need for 
the owner to produce the original title deeds as proof of ownership. 
However, please note that the guarantee does not mean that HMLR 
has a responsibility for overseeing transactions relating to land, or 
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for deciding disputes about ownership or boundaries. The 
responsibility for this lies with the property owners, their advisers or 
the courts. HMLR’s role therefore is limited and as mentioned 
above, is essentially administrative – to keep a record of the 
outcomes of transactions (as long as it receives the necessary 
application), and to respond to requests for information (as long as it 
has the information and is entitled to disclose it). It is also worth 
explaining at this stage that when a property is registered, it is the 
legal owner who is shown in the Property Register; he is then 
described as a “registered proprietor”. The legal owner is entitled to 
exercise owner’s powers (such as selling). 
With regards to your query, I have investigated the files relating to 
the first registration and I can confirm the following: 
1. It appears Ty Mawr Farm was originally registered under two 
different title numbers, WA231076 and WA240304. These two titles 
were amalgamated. Title WA240304 was closed as a result of the 
amalgamation and the registration continued under title WA231076. 
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application was submitted by Linklaters & Paines of Barrington 
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properties Limited of Britannic House, Moor Lane, London, EC2 as 
proprietor. 
The land was conveyed to BP Properties Limited by a Conveyance 
dated 19 Nov 1982 made between (1) The British Petroleum 
Pension Trust Limited, (2) BP Trustees Limited and (3) BP 
Properties Limited 
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The application was again submitted by Linklaters & Paines of 
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register BP properties Limited of Britannic House, Moor Lane, 
London, EC2 as proprietor.  
The land was conveyed to BP Properties Limited by a Conveyance 
dated 23 May 1975 made between (1) The British Petroleum 
Pension Trust Limited, (2) BP Trustees Limited, (3) BP Properties 
Limited. 
If you wish to obtain an official copy of the documents referred to 
above, please refer to our Practice Guide 11 for further details - 
Inspection and application for official copies (PG11) - GOV.UK 
Please note HM Land Registry does not have any investigative 
powers and on the basis of a review of the files we hold there is no 
evidence of a mistake in the register. 

 
 
 
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If you would like to discuss this correspondence or require it in an 
alternative format please contact us, quoting our reference. 
Yours faithfully, 
Lisa Griffiths 
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