Amalgamation (land)

A single title with a larger plot shown in its associated title plan results. It avoids:

• Duplication of data.
• The risk of a part of the land being forgotten in a mortgage or sale.
• Inappropriate boundary features (fences/railings) being inadvertently kept/installed on the ground between two parcels in common ownership.

It enables:

• New geometric subdivision of the land (sometimes called severance), in deed termed transfers of part, which may be planned using a pre-approved Estate Plan submitted to the Land Registry
• Owners of subsidiary interests (e.g. mortgage lenders) to hold a marginally more solid security (with the benefit of certainty as to the totality of the estate), of particular use in auction sales which tend to miss additional parcels.
• In re-attachment corrections or alterations of title a closer match to the original title in which the land originally belonged.^[2]

It results in a slightly lengthier title register than a single one of the contributor titles where, just as on first registration of land which once had different ownership and has been affected by differing neighbours or developers imposing covenants on it, the titles vary in their easements and covenants.

• Severance (also known as transfers of part, subdivision)
• Registered land – compulsory registration