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Avoidable land registry errors fall sharply in Britain

Britain's land registry has published its third avoidable requisitions dataset, covering 1 April to 30 September 2026.

--- The context --- Britain's land registry has published its third dataset on avoidable requisitions, giving conveyancers and law firms updated information to help prevent errors and omissions in applications that often delay registration and create extra work for them. The release covers the period 1 April to 30 September 2026. --- The facts --- A requisition is a request for more information or action before an application can be completed. Avoidable points relate to errors or omissions that could usually have been prevented before submission, such as missing identity evidence, discrepancies in names, unclear plans or missing supporting documents. A single requisition can contain more than one point. Annual avoidable requisition points fell overall from around 839,000 in 2022 to 439,000 in 2025, a reduction of 47.7%. After adjusting for application volumes, the rate fell by 39.1%, showing that the improvement was not just the result of fewer applications. Between January and September 2026, around 94 avoidable points were raised per 1,000 applications, an 11% reduction in the rate compared with 2025. Missing or unclear information is now the most common broad category of avoidable requisition, while identity evidence not being supplied is the most common individual avoidable point. The release clarifies that a rate of 94 points per 1,000 applications does not mean that 9.4% of applications received an avoidable requisition, because more than one point can be raised within a single requisition and the figures count points, not applications. --- The positions --- Andrew Robertson, Head of Customer Policy at the registry, said in the release that reducing avoidable requisitions is a shared achievement, that conveyancers, post-completion teams and industry bodies have worked with the registry to improve application quality, and that the third dataset is an opportunity to build on that progress. He encouraged firms to use their data to identify recurring issues and focus their checks and training where they will have the most impact, and he said the registry will keep improving its guidance, services and the consistency of its requisitions. --- What remains unknown --- The release does not show which firms account for the most points or how errors are distributed across regions or types of transaction. It also cannot show how many individual applications were affected, because the figures count requisition points, not applications or letters. The trend figures for 2022 to 2026 come from the registry's wider analysis and should not be described as a comparison of the three published datasets. --- Unanswered questions --- Which categories of error will fall first now that firms can examine their own data in detail? Will the rate of 94 points per 1,000 applications keep falling in the next published period? What concrete changes will firms make to their pre-submission checks after reviewing the specific reasons behind their requisitions? --- EPM analysis --- The improvement is sustained and measurable: the fall holds even after adjusting for volumes, which points to a genuine rise in application quality rather than a simple drop in activity. That the most frequent single error is failing to supply identity evidence reveals a basic checking problem before submission, not a complex technical obstacle that firms cannot solve. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, the lesson of this dataset reaches beyond the British registry: when an administration publishes the most frequent errors and every firm can see itself in its own figures, quality improves without new sanctions. The 47.7% fall in avoidable points shows that much administrative delay stems from simple, correctable failures, such as missing identity evidence or an unclear plan. If firms strengthen their pre-submission checks and their training, the whole system saves time and becomes more reliable.
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