HM Land Registry: Registration Services fees

Large scale applications

Large scale applications

Large scale applications are scale fee applications involving 20 or more land units. ‘Land unit’ means:

• a parcel of registered land under a single title number
• a parcel of unregistered land that does not adjoin another area of unregistered land affected by the same application

The fee for a large scale application is the greater of:

• the scale fee payable for the application
• a fee calculated as follows:
  • where the application relates 500 land units or less, £10 per land unit
  • where the application relates to more than 500 land units, £5,000 plus £5 for each land unit above 500

Examples

1. Latifundia Limited transfers a portfolio of 50 titles for £1.2 million. The fee under Scale 1 would be £1,105, while the fee per title under article 6 would be £500. Therefore, as it is the higher, the Scale 1 fee applies.

2. Latifundia Limited transfers a portfolio of 400 titles for £1.2 million. The fee under Scale 1 would be £1,105, while the fee per title under article 6 would be £4,000. Therefore, as it is the higher, the article 6 fee applies.

3. Latifundia Limited applies for first registration of a large area of land worth £1.2 million. Using the definition above it comprises of 120 land units. The fee under Scale 1 would be £1,105, while the fee per land unit under article 6 would be £1,200. Therefore, as it is the higher, the article 6 fee applies..