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The priority period on an official search with priority is 30 business days, and the section 27 requirement to register a registrable disposition within two months is the one that voids the transfer as a legal estate if it is missed.

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Deadlines this calculator covers

40 encoded deadlines, each cited to its rule.

Official search with priority (OS1/OS2) - priority periodLand Registration Rules 2003, rule 131 (definition of "priority period"); Land Registration Act 2002, s.72(1)-(2)

30 working days from The time when the application for the official search with priority is entered on the day list (LRR 2003, rule 148(1))

Delivering the protected application within the priority period (noon cut-off on expiry day)HM Land Registry Practice guide 12, section 5.2; Land Registration Rules 2003, rules 15(1) and 154(1); Land Registration Act 2002, s.72(1)(b)

30 working days from Expiry date of the priority period conferred by the official search certificate

Second official search where completion is delayedHM Land Registry Practice guide 12, section 5.2; Land Registration Rules 2003, rule 131

30 working days from The time when the application for the second official search with priority is entered on the day list (LRR 2003, rules 131 and 148(1))

Agreeing priority between applications deemed delivered at the same timeLand Registration Rules 2003, rule 55(4)

15 working days from Registrar's notice that two or more applications on the same registered title are regarded as delivered at the same time

Compulsory first registration - duty to apply within 2 monthsLand Registration Act 2002, s.6(1) and s.6(4)

2 months from The date on which the relevant event occurs (the s.4 trigger, e.g. completion of the qualifying transfer, grant or first legal mortgage)

Compliance with requisitions on an application not in orderLand Registration Rules 2003, rule 16(1) and 16(2)

20 working days from Date of the registrar's requisition

Objection to a first registration application including foreshoreLand Registration Rules 2003, rule 31(2)

20 working days from Date of issue of the registrar's notice to the Crown Estate Commissioners, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the appropriate Duchy of Cornwall person or the Port of London Authority

Default period fixed by a registrar's noticeLand Registration Rules 2003, rule 197(1) and 197(2)

15 working days from Date of issue of the registrar's notice

Cautioner's objection to cancellation of a caution against first registrationLand Registration Act 2002, s.18(4); Land Registration Rules 2003, rule 53(1)

15 working days from Date of issue of the registrar's notice under s.18(3)

Cautioner's response to notice of a first registration applicationLand Registration Act 2002, s.16(1)-(2); Land Registration Rules 2003, rule 53(1)

15 working days from Date of issue of the registrar's notice under s.16(1)

Request to extend the caution against first registration notice periodLand Registration Rules 2003, rule 53(4)

15 working days from Date of issue of the registrar's notice under s.16(1) or s.18(3)

Beneficiary's objection to cancellation of a unilateral notice (form UN4)Land Registration Act 2002, s.36(3); Land Registration Rules 2003, rule 86(3)

15 working days from Date of issue of the registrar's notice under s.36(2)

Request to extend the unilateral notice cancellation periodLand Registration Rules 2003, rule 86(6)

15 working days from Date of issue of the registrar's notice under s.36(2)

Notifiable application for a restriction - period before the registrar may determineLand Registration Act 2002, s.45(2); Land Registration Rules 2003, rule 92(9)

15 working days from Date of issue of the notice under s.45(1), or if more than one is issued, the date of issue of the latest notice

Objection to an application to determine the exact line of a boundary (form DB)Land Registration Rules 2003, rule 119(3) and 119(6)

20 working days from Date of issue of the registrar's notice to the owners of adjoining land

Negotiation period before referral of a dispute to the tribunalHM Land Registry Practice guide 37, section 3

6 months from Agreement of all parties to the dispute that they wish to negotiate, following an objection that cannot immediately be disposed of

Adverse possession - ten year qualifying period (form ADV1)Land Registration Act 2002, Schedule 6, paragraph 1(1)

120 months before Date of the application to the registrar (counted backwards)

Adverse possession application within six months of evictionLand Registration Act 2002, Schedule 6, paragraph 1(2)

6 months before Date on which the applicant ceased to be in adverse possession because of eviction by the registered proprietor or a person claiming under them

Two year bar following a judgment for possessionLand Registration Act 2002, Schedule 6, paragraph 1(3)(b)

24 months before Date on which judgment for possession of the land was given against the applicant

Age of the statement of truth or statutory declaration supporting form ADV1Land Registration Rules 2003, rule 188(1)(a)

1 month before Date the application is taken to have been made (counted backwards)

Counter notice requiring the application to be dealt with under paragraph 5 (form NAP)Land Registration Act 2002, Schedule 6, paragraph 3(2); Land Registration Rules 2003, rule 189

65 working days from Date of issue of the registrar's notice under Schedule 6, paragraph 2

Reply to a discretionary notice of an adverse possession applicationHM Land Registry Practice guide 4, section 5.3 (not section 6; the same wording may also appear at 9.2 in relation to a paragraph 6 further application); Land Registration Rules 2003, rules 17 and 197(2)

15 working days from Date of issue of a notice given by the registrar to a person other than those required to be notified under Schedule 6, paragraph 2

Further application to be registered two years after rejectionLand Registration Act 2002, Schedule 6, paragraph 6(1)

24 months from Date of rejection of the original paragraph 1 application

Bars on a further application under paragraph 6Land Registration Act 2002, Schedule 6, paragraph 6(2)

24 months before Date of judgment for possession given against the applicant, or the applicant's eviction pursuant to a judgment for possession

Third condition - ten years' reasonable belief that the land belonged to the applicantLand Registration Act 2002, Schedule 6, paragraph 5(4)(c)

120 months before Not anchored to the application date. Following Brown v Ridley [2025] UKSC 7, any ten year period of reasonable belief falling within the period of adverse possession satisfies paragraph 5(4)(c); where paragraph 1(2) is relied on, paragraph 5(5) substitutes the day before eviction. Not computable - surface as a flag requiring legal judgement, with no direction or period value.

Third condition - estate registered more than one year before the applicationLand Registration Act 2002, Schedule 6, paragraph 5(4)(d)

12 months before Date of first registration of the estate to which the application relates

Restriction on applications where the proprietor is an enemy or detained in enemy territoryLand Registration Act 2002, Schedule 6, paragraph 8(1)

12 months from End of any period in which the existing registered proprietor is an enemy or detained in enemy territory for the purposes of the Limitation (Enemies and War Prisoners) Act 1945

Crown foreshore - sixty year qualifying periodLand Registration Act 2002, Schedule 6, paragraph 13(1) and 13(2)

720 months before Date of the application (counted backwards)

Chargor's agreement to valuations before requesting a surveyor appointmentLand Registration Rules 2003, rule 194A(3)

1 month from Deemed receipt by the chargor of the proprietor's notice under rule 194A(2), calculated under rule 194E(1) - binding should be false: this is a waiting period unlocking the proprietor's right to request a RICS appointment, not a bar or sanction on the chargor

Chargee's apportionment of the amount secured by the chargeLand Registration Rules 2003, rule 194C(1), 194C(2) and 194C(4)

2 months from Receipt by the chargee of the proprietor's notice of required apportionment under rule 194B(1), or receipt of the qualified surveyor's valuations

Chargee's notice of apportionment to proprietor and chargorLand Registration Rules 2003, rule 194F(1)

10 working days from The apportionment under rule 194C

Applicant's statement of case on a reference by the registrar under s.73(7)Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Property Chamber) Rules 2013, rule 27(3) (with rules 28(3)(c) and 28(4))

28 days from Date on which the Tribunal sent the applicant written notice of its receipt of the registrar's reference

Objection to a rectification application under s.108(2) LRA 2002Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Property Chamber) Rules 2013, rule 29(8)(b)

28 days from Date on which the person received the copy of the rectification application provided by the Tribunal

Request for written reasons for a First-tier Tribunal decisionTribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Property Chamber) Rules 2013, rule 36(4)

14 days from Date the Tribunal sends the party the decision notice and notification of any right of appeal

Application to set aside a First-tier Tribunal decisionTribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Property Chamber) Rules 2013, rule 51(3)

28 days from Date the Tribunal sent notice of the decision to the party, or if later, the date it sent notice of the reasons for the decision

Application to the First-tier Tribunal for permission to appealTribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Property Chamber) Rules 2013, rule 52(2) and 52(4); Land Registration Act 2002, s.111(2C)

28 days from The latest of the dates the Tribunal sends written reasons for the decision, notification of amended reasons or correction following a review, or notification that a set-aside application has been unsuccessful

Application to the Upper Tribunal for permission to appeal after refusal belowTribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) (Lands Chamber) Rules 2010, rule 21(1) and 21(2)

14 days from Date on which the First-tier Tribunal sent notice of its refusal of permission to appeal, refusal to admit the application, or grant of permission on limited grounds only

Notice of appeal to the Upper Tribunal where permission was granted belowTribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) (Lands Chamber) Rules 2010, rule 24(1) and 24(2)

1 month from Date the First-tier Tribunal sent notice of its grant of permission to appeal, or the date the notice of decision was sent where permission is not required

Notice of court proceedings commenced under a s.110(1) directionTribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Property Chamber) Rules 2013, rule 38(2) and 38(3)

14 days from Date of issue of the court proceedings; date of any decision on an application for an extension of time; date the matter before the court is finally disposed of

Limitation period for a claim to indemnity under Schedule 8Land Registration Act 2002, Schedule 8, paragraph 8; Limitation Act 1980, s.5

72 months from The time when the claimant knows, or but for his own default might have known, of the existence of the claim

Time limits at a glance

The headline periods below restate the encoded rules. Run the calculator above for the exact date, with deemed service, clear days and bank holidays applied.

Official search with priority (OS1/OS2) - priority period: what is the time limit?

30 working days from The time when the application for the official search with priority is entered on the day list (LRR 2003, rule 148(1)), under Land Registration Rules 2003, rule 131 (definition of "priority period"); Land Registration Act 2002, s.72(1)-(2). The calculator applies deemed service, clear days and bank holidays automatically and shows the rule behind the date.

Delivering the protected application within the priority period (noon cut-off on expiry day): what is the time limit?

30 working days from Expiry date of the priority period conferred by the official search certificate, under HM Land Registry Practice guide 12, section 5.2; Land Registration Rules 2003, rules 15(1) and 154(1); Land Registration Act 2002, s.72(1)(b). The calculator applies deemed service, clear days and bank holidays automatically and shows the rule behind the date.

Second official search where completion is delayed: what is the time limit?

30 working days from The time when the application for the second official search with priority is entered on the day list (LRR 2003, rules 131 and 148(1)), under HM Land Registry Practice guide 12, section 5.2; Land Registration Rules 2003, rule 131. The calculator applies deemed service, clear days and bank holidays automatically and shows the rule behind the date.

Agreeing priority between applications deemed delivered at the same time: what is the time limit?

15 working days from Registrar's notice that two or more applications on the same registered title are regarded as delivered at the same time, under Land Registration Rules 2003, rule 55(4). The calculator applies deemed service, clear days and bank holidays automatically and shows the rule behind the date.

Compulsory first registration - duty to apply within 2 months: what is the time limit?

2 months from The date on which the relevant event occurs (the s.4 trigger, e.g. completion of the qualifying transfer, grant or first legal mortgage), under Land Registration Act 2002, s.6(1) and s.6(4). The calculator applies deemed service, clear days and bank holidays automatically and shows the rule behind the date.