unadopted roads

[efc123]

There is a piece of unadopted land infront of a row of garages next to my home. Who owns it ??

[buildersmate]

Impossible to say. The most likely alternatives are: -
the local authority
its registered as Common Land
a private individual (who possibly lives nearby)
no-one owns it

[Nether Edge]

Buildersmate's 4th idea is wrong.
English law does not permit "unowned" property.
Possibly the frontagers (=respective owners of freehold estate in garages) own it. There is a still-valid rule that deems frontagers to own up to middle line of unadopted road unless title deeds say otherwise.
Best answer is always to inspect title deeds and documents (yes, mustafatickl, even if ownership registered at HM Land Registry!) back to when garages built- or even earlier, if possible.

[chazza]

Try asking at the land registry, they would know better than us

[Eve]

Fill in this form and send it to the relevant Land Registry.

Search facility here...http://www.landreg.gov.uk/regional/

Unless it brings up more than 20 titles then the search will be free.

http://www.landregistry.gov.uk/assets/library/ documents/sim.pdf

You need to send a plan with it, preferably a scaled official plan with a north point and identifying features such as roads and other buildings. If you have a title plan of your property which shows the land in question this plan would be ideal to copy and mark.

You can identity the land as land adjoining x road, area, town/city. You need to mark the relevant area on the plan, it is commonly edged red and sometimes hatched if this makes it clearer.

The result will tell you whether any of the land is registered and which bits and the title numbers of any relevant parcels of registered land.

With these title numbers you can then request copies of the title register and plans from the Land Registry to see who owns the land.

Hope this helps.