A new era of land transparency

The legislation

What changes on 6 April 2027.

From 6 April 2027, the Provision of Information (Contractual Control) (Registered Land) Regulations 2026 will require qualifying contractual control agreements over registered land in England and Wales to be reported digitally to HM Land Registry.

For the first time, information about arrangements such as option agreements, conditional contracts, pre-emption rights and certain promotion agreements will begin entering a structured reporting system.

Until now, knowing who legally owned a piece of land did not always tell you who actually controlled its development potential. A landowner could still hold the title while a developer had already secured an option or other contractual right over the site.

The new regime changes that.

Developers, promoters and other parties will have to provide information including the land affected, the parties involved, the type of agreement and the period of control. Changes such as assignments, variations, exercise and expiry can also trigger further reporting requirements.

The result is a completely new layer of intelligence entering the UK land market.

Ownershiptells you who owns the land.

Contractual controlbegins to reveal who controls the opportunity.

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LandControl

HM Land Registry will create the data. LandControl makes it commercially useful.

Instead of searching separate Land Registry records, planning portals, local plans, company records and mapping systems, LandControl brings development intelligence together in one platform.

See where developers are securing land.
Track competitor activity.
Identify option and contractual-control agreements.
Monitor important changes and expiry dates.
Overlay planning applications, land allocations, ownership and development constraints.
Discover sites that match your acquisition strategy.
Receive alerts when something important changes.

LandControl is designed to answer the questions that matter.

Who controls this land?
Which developers are becoming active in this area?
Which sites may become available?
Where is development activity moving next?
Which opportunities should my acquisitions team investigate today?

See how alerts, discovery and competitor intelligence work →

From raw land data to development intelligence

LandControl continuously monitors the signals that matter and turns them into searchable maps, alerts, site intelligence and opportunity rankings.

InHMLR contractual control datasetMonthly. Location, grantee, right, duration, dates.

JoinTitles · planning · local plans · Companies House · constraintsOne record per site, grantees resolved to parent groups.

DeriveScores, expiries, competitor movementMomentum and opportunity ranking, recalculated on every release.

OutMaps · alerts · site intelligence · rankingsDelivered to the people and regions you choose.

So instead of spending hours looking for development opportunities, LandControl brings the opportunities to you.