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ARTICLE · 20 OCTOBER 2026

The Contractual Controls Register – Greater Transparency For Land Control Rights

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Greater transparency is coming to the world of strategic land assembly – and it will affect the way you do deals.

Regulations made in June 2026 under the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 require certain agreements relating to registered land in England and Wales to be reported to HM Land Registry. The agreements caught include options, conditional contracts, pre-emption rights and certain rights associated with promotion agreements. Key details of the registered agreements will be published on a searchable public database, updated at least monthly, from April 2028.

The changes will be of most immediate interest to developers, land promoters, strategic land investors, landowners and funders – in short, anyone who uses contractual arrangements to secure control of land without buying it outright.

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