Key Panels of Land Registry Form ST1 Breakdown
Completing Form ST1 requires absolute factual precision across its key sections:
Panel 4 (Title & Land Identification): Must refer to the official title plan or accompanying OS plan with the claimed plot edged red.
Panel 5 (Period of Adverse Possession): Must state exact dates when possession began and affirm unbroken continuous occupation.
Panel 7 (Factual Possession & Physical Enclosure): Must explain who erected fences or walls, the type of boundary (e.g. 1.8m close-boarded timber fence), when it was installed, and how third parties were excluded.
Panel 8 (Access and Keys): If gates exist, who fitted the padlocks and who held exclusive keys.
Panel 9 (Absence of Consent): Explicitly affirm that no rent, payment, licence, or permission was ever granted or acknowledged.
Perjury Warnings & Evidential Weight
Form ST1 concludes with a formal Statement of Truth under Rule 215A of the Land Registration Rules 2003.
Making a deliberately false statement in Form ST1 constitutes a criminal offence under Section 5 of the Perjury Act 1911 and Section 2 of the Fraud Act 2006, punishable by significant fines and up to 2 years imprisonment.