Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee
22 April 2026
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Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee House of Commons
00:07 - 00:14
Speaker 1
Draft provision of information contractual control registered land regulations 2026. I call the minister to move the motion.
00:15 - 02:11
Speaker 2
Thank you, miss And it's a pleasure to serve with you in the chair. I beg to move that the committee has considered the draft provision of information, contractual control, registered land regulations 2026, which were laid before the house on the March 9. Before I proceed, miss Vaz, can I draw the committee's attention to a minor typographical error that has been correction, sorry, that has been made to the regulations? At regulation four subsection three c one, the words, quote, the right were printed without a space between them. This was noticed after the s I was laid and has been rectified by means of a correction slip.
The correction, as I mentioned, is purely typographical and does not affect the meaning or operation of the regulations. Turning to the substance of the regulations before us. It is the considered view of this government that the land market in England and Wales has been too opaque for too long. Developers routinely use contractual control agreements such as options, conditional contracts, preemption rights, and promotion agreements to secure rights over land without any requirement to disclose the details of those arrangements. In the absence of any obligation to disclose the details of these arrangements, local planning authorities cannot see who controls development land in their area.
Smaller developers waste time and money pursuing sites already locked up, and communities have no visibility over the development trajectory of land around them. While some agreements may appear on HMLR title registers where a notice or restriction has been entered, there is currently no reliable and comprehensive picture of who controls land short of ownership across England and Wales. So we think there is a compelling case for greater transparency. In their wisdom on this point, if not many, many others, the previous government agreed, and it provided powers through the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023 to address this issue. If parliament approves, these regulations will give effect to those powers.
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