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1086: Domesday Book

1873: Return of Owners of Land

1911: Lloyd George's valuation maps

1925: Land Registration Act

1980s: Thatcher reforms (pay £3)

What do we know about land ownership today?

About 87% of land in England & Wales is registered

You can find out who owns a particular property, for £3

No way to find out what a person owns

No official statistics

EU INSPIRE (2006): grudging, minimal geographic boundaries!

2016: Land Registry accidentally releases data on offshore ownership - the Eye and I map it

2016: FOI requests

  • One-third of England & Wales (~36m acres) owned by corporate bodies:
    • 6m acres owned by limited companies
    • 1.5m by local authorities
    • 4.5m by miscellaneous others
  • About 300k by overseas companies

2018: Company and overseas company ownership data released (sort of)

2022: Economic Crime Act - register of owners of offshore companies that own land

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