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Registered Leases

The dataset

This data shows registered leasehold land and property in England and Wales. It shows the date of the lease and how long it lasts.

What is a registered lease?

A lease is a contract which gives the right to exclusive possession of land to a tenant for a specific amount of time. Leasehold is one of two ways of owning land (the other is freehold). The landlord of a freehold or leasehold may grant a lease to a tenant. If the lease is granted for more than 7 years, it must be registered with HM Land Registry. Some leases that are shorter than 7 years are also registered.

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You can download example data. You do not need to create an account for the example data.

Example data
Data Example data 1 Example data 2
Unique Identifier 995ab159ce951c 99C8C5DCA
Tenure Leasehold Leasehold
Register Property Description 84 Heather Close
London
SE11 11SE
 Unavailable - refer to Associated Property Description
County GREATER LONDON ESSEX
Region GREATER LONDON SOUTH EAST
Associated Property Description ID 899899 554479999
Associated Property Description 84 HEATHER CLOSE
LONDON
SE11 11SE
 FLAT 40
CHANCER HOUSE BOLT ROAD
COLCHESTER
CO2 2AB
OS UPRN 900145134 900887655
Price Paid 373000
Reg Order 3 1
Date of Lease 23/10/1921 20/08/2017
Term 999 years (less one day) from 10 March 1900 999 years from and including 1 January 2014
Alienation Clause Indicator N Y

Technical specification

Read the technical specification for Registered Leases for full details about the data.

Access the data

Download the data

The dataset is updated on the 6th working day of the month and contains data for the previous month. For example, files published in April show data from March. We publish the data as .CSV files. You can download the:

  • complete file - this is a complete file of the current data and contains all of the changes that happened during the month
  • change only file - this includes data that has changed since the previous month's release

Access the data with an API

If you have software engineering knowledge, you can access the data with an API. You'll get an API key when you've:

  • agreed to the licence
  • paid the fee if you have a commercial licence
  • signed in to your account

For more information, read our guidelines on accessing data with the API and API technical details.

How you can use the data

There are 3 different licence types - commercial, exploration and direct use. Each licence describes how you can use the data.

Commercial licence

A commercial licence allows you to use the data in a product or service that you'll sell. You must add or combine data to make your product.

The data costs £5,000 plus VAT a year.

Exploration licence

An exploration licence allows you to take the data for 3 months to see if you can make a product or service to sell. You'll be able to put the data in products, services or prototypes and show it to users or customers.

The data is free of charge.

You’ll need to take a commercial licence if you decide to create your product or service after evaluating the data.

Direct use licence

A direct use licence allows you to use this data for research, for personal use or for your work.

You are not allowed to:

  • show or give the data to anyone externally
  • publish the data online
  • use the data in a commercial product or service
  • make money from the data

The data is free of charge.

What happens next?

Commercial or exploration licence

Contact us if you want a commercial or exploration licence. We'll check this is the correct licence for your needs. We'll send you the licence to sign and ask you to create an account on our service. You'll need this to access the data.

Once you've returned the licence and paid any fee, we'll approve your access to the dataset and you can download the data.

Direct use licence

You'll need to create an account and agree to the licence to access the data.

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Contact us

Contact us if you need help with the dataset or have any questions:

Telephone

  • Telephone: 0300 006 0478
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Address

Data Services Team​
HM Land Registry​
Rosebrae Court ​
Woodside Ferry Approach​
Birkenhead​
Merseyside​
CH41 6DU