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The farmer and the mystery pond: How an organic dairy farm benefited from registering its land
Andrew Bebb runs Hall Farm, an organic dairy farm of 195 acres. He was inspired to register his land on the recommendation of a friend.
"I thought it would be sensible to get registered", says Andrew. "We will have to sell the farm at one point, and the deeds were hundreds of years old." Indeed, some changes had already occurred: a boundary river had changed its course over time, making the physical border different from the actual border.
Many people dream about having a pool on their land, but for Andrew it nearly became a nightmare. One day he saw a mechanical digger scooping out a pond on his land. It turned out to be from the neighbouring school, which thought the land was theirs.
Luckily, because Andrew had registered his land, a quick comparison of documents with the school's headmaster resolved the situation amicably, and the hole was filled in.
"It cost us just over £500 to register the farm with Land Registry", says Andrew. "I thought it was very good value for money."
"We probably saved the registration in solicitors' fees because we didn't trouble them over an issue that was clear from the maps we had from Land Registry." |
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