London terraced houses and the alley ways between the back gardens.

[Efour]

Ok I know I can contact the land registry or local council to start with to get a definitive answer.

BUT surely someone knows the likelihood of the answer to

" who owns the ground and responsibility when it comes to a huge tree that is slowly dying and probably is a risk of falling in the wrong weather....."

They are 1930s built terrace houses if that is of any consequence and in the London borough of Havering.

I guess I'll end up trying to email someone there but don't wanna wait forever for an answer...

 

[BUDFORCE]

I would guess it's the local council.

Not sure though.

 

[radderfire]

My understanding - If it's on private land, then it's the landowner. If it's off private land, then the Council.

FYI there are also things such as Tree Preservation Orders in the UK.

Tree Preservation Orders and trees in conservation areas

Explains the legislation governing Tree Preservation Orders and tree protection in conservation areas.

www.gov.uk

 

[Rob_B]

https://search-property-information.service.gov.uk/search/search-by-map/

 

[danlightbulb]

Ok I know I can contact the land registry or local council to start with to get a definitive answer.

BUT surely someone knows the likelihood of the answer to

" who owns the ground and responsibility when it comes to a huge tree that is slowly dying and probably is a risk of falling in the wrong weather....."

They are 1930s built terrace houses if that is of any consequence and in the London borough of Havering.

I guess I'll end up trying to email someone there but don't wanna wait forever for an answer...

My house has an access behind. I own my share of it, the bit directly behind my house. As do all the other properties own their share of it. But there is a condition that it's a shared right of way for all properties.

 

[t2na]

Ok I know I can contact the land registry or local council to start with to get a definitive answer.

BUT surely someone knows the likelihood of the answer to

" who owns the ground and responsibility when it comes to a huge tree that is slowly dying and probably is a risk of falling in the wrong weather....."

They are 1930s built terrace houses if that is of any consequence and in the London borough of Havering.

I guess I'll end up trying to email someone there but don't wanna wait forever for an answer...

It might be on your deeds. When we had our terrace the shared accessed was 'shared ownership' between all of the properties that could use it but it was on the deeds with red lines vs. blue lines for what was ours vs. what was shared.

So we owned our 'little bit' of it - but overall maintenance etc. of it was shared between everyone.

 

[Efour]

https://search-property-information.service.gov.uk/search/search-by-map/

That's good it clearly shows the alley way as a separate colour on the map ...
Not part of my mum's land I guess I'll have to fire off an email and see what they say.

 

[Rob_B]

You'll need to pay for the plans to be 100% sure, a different colour can mean shared ownership or right of way

 

[mickyflinn]

WOOD be a Question for Special Branch.

 

[alexakasloth]

Youll need to check with land registry or the council, we have similar and the council confirmed it's unadopted land.

 

[Blackjack Davy]

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I remember those alleyways in the london house we lived in when I was a kid used to think it was really cool never saw them anywhere else but london. T'wasn't a terrace though