Land ownership
- Thread starter kwerk
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Permabanned
Oh God, yes!!
We don't own it - we can own the right to the freehold, which we can pass on. The land belongs to the crown and if you die without anyone to pass it onto the freehold reverts to the crown.
Also if the earth below the land contains minerals you might not actually own the rights to those.
also
there is no limit either above or below AFAIK
Also if the earth below the land contains minerals you might not actually own the rights to those.
also
there is no limit either above or below AFAIK
Soldato
Why don't you go an sit on a really tall chair and collect toll money of passing aircraft then?
Of course there is.
It's called airspace and is usually controlled/restricted by civil/military aviation authorities.
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Man of Honour
For Scottish law at least you nominally own the land a coelo usque ad centrum which roughly translated means from the centre of the Earth to the sky above. This was taken from the Roman civil law.
However it's not without limits because your feu superior previously may have reserved the mineral rights, planning law may restrict you, you will find that there are limits regarding aircraft etc. In Roman times it wasn't necessarily important to put on such restrictions because that would be dealing with problems that didn't exist then but now you'll rapidly find your rights curtailed if you're really pushing the boundaries of what you can do with your land.
I should also point out that with flats outside the top and bottom of the block you own that particular section of "air" space, your rights above and below don't exist generally speaking. It can all get quite complicated and you may have responsibilities for upkeep and maintenance but that's a very quick overview.
the fact that planes can fly over your land doesn't negate the fact that it is your land including the airspace over it....
in other news - public footpaths exist... and no you can't collect toll money or prevent the use of it if one crosses your land either...
Are you telling me I can get into Alton Towers for free?
There aren't any public footpaths that go through Alton towers.
I think you can generally walk on most farmland as long as it's not crops, I can't remember though.
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explain
edit - actually don't bother because you're wrong, again:
http://www.kgbanswers.co.uk/recentl...rs-is-they-and-if-so-where-are-they-x/3663480
"We've examined Ordnance Survey maps of the area. There are no footpaths that run through Alton Towers on the current map. Some around, but not through."
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Exactly. They charge a "toll" for entering their private land.
Alton towers do
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What has that got to do with anything?
Soldato
This is fantastic....
kd
kd
No you don't understand, a public pathway can be on private land. Have you ever been on a country walk before?
I could put a toll on my private land if I wanted to but not if it was obstructing a public path!
Alton towers do
they don't you muppet - there is no public footpath as pointed out previously
try reading the whole line: