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" Fears that landowners could use ancient rights to allow fracking under people’s homes have been raised following the disclosure on Wednesday that more than 73,000 claims to manorial rights in England and Wales have been received by the Land Registry.
The claims have resulted in thousands of home owners being sent letters informing them that landowners or institutions have the rights to mineral extraction under their property. This has raised fears the landowners could try to exercise those rights for mining or fracking.
MPs said the notifications of historical rights, which can also apply to sporting, hunting and fishing, had caused widespread “distress and anxiety” and criticised the Land Registry for its “irresponsible behaviour”.
A flurry of claims to manorial rights, which give “lords of the manor” rights to exploit the earth under property on their former estates, were submitted before the deadline of last October registering them under the Land Registry Act 2002. Prior to the 2002 Act the rights were automatically protected."
Source: Land Registry receives 73,000 land rights claims, minister reveals - Telegraph
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" Fears that landowners could use ancient rights to allow fracking under people’s homes have been raised following the disclosure on Wednesday that more than 73,000 claims to manorial rights in England and Wales have been received by the Land Registry.
The claims have resulted in thousands of home owners being sent letters informing them that landowners or institutions have the rights to mineral extraction under their property. This has raised fears the landowners could try to exercise those rights for mining or fracking.
MPs said the notifications of historical rights, which can also apply to sporting, hunting and fishing, had caused widespread “distress and anxiety” and criticised the Land Registry for its “irresponsible behaviour”.
A flurry of claims to manorial rights, which give “lords of the manor” rights to exploit the earth under property on their former estates, were submitted before the deadline of last October registering them under the Land Registry Act 2002. Prior to the 2002 Act the rights were automatically protected."
Source: Land Registry receives 73,000 land rights claims, minister reveals - Telegraph
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