Rights over piece of land incorporated in my garden

[clancyblob]

The firm that developed the estate where I lived kept a strip of land along the top of all the gardens as he thought there may be further development where this bit of land would become crucial for access (a Ransom Strip, I think it is called). He appears to have given up this land (we've been here twenty years and it is part of our garden in daily use) after planning permission was refused. Neighbours either side bought their bit of land some years ago. Do i have any right to claim my piece of land as my own, and add it to the deeds of this house. Or do I still have to negotiate and buy the land. Its only two yard strip along end of my garden..

[Golden Shred]

The best way is to purchase it. This gives clear title. The only other way is a claim under Adverse Possession, for which click here and scroll down to and read LRPG0004 and the three versions of LRPG005.

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I'll get it right in a moment - LRPG004 !!!

[Hard@it]

Are you sure that this strip does not already belong to all your houses collectively and has to be maintained by you as a group. It could be a barrier between your group and any future developement. We have an area larger than you describe and that is what it is for.

Check your deeds

[buildersmate]

Somewhat unlikely I think, Hardit. What you describe is typical of the situation where no further development is envisaged, often because the Planners don't want it. What clancybob describes is typical of what a developer will do to ensure it can extract the value from the ransom strip if development of a further field might be just feasible much later.

[Hard@it]

Cheers buildersmate, I did not take in the part where his neighbours had bought their section also

[clancyblob]

That's very helpful, thanks folks!