Amount of land registered at Land Registry

Summary

The request sought the percentage and hectare area of Isle of Man land that has been first registered as of the request date. The Department for Enterprise disclosed that 28.22% of the total land area, equating to 16,146 hectares, was registered as of September 2025.

Key Facts

• As of September 2025, 28.22% of the Isle of Man's total land area is registered in the Land Registry.
• The registered land area corresponds to 16,146 hectares as of September 2025.
• In September 2023, the registered land percentage was 25.86% (14,794 hectares).
• Since mid-2020, most monthly land transactions relate to transfers of already registered land rather than new first registrations.
• The response included visual maps comparing registered land areas in 2023 and 2025.

Data Disclosed

• 28.22%
• 16,146 hectares
• 25.86%
• 14,794 hectares
• September 2023
• September 2025
• mid-2020
• 22nd September 2025
• 13th October 2025
• 4950685

Original Request

As of today, how much of the Isle of Man has been First Registered as a) a percentage of the total land area of the Isle of Man and b) in terms of area in hectares? Thank you.

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Data Tables (reformatted)

Full Response Text

Registries Building • Deemsters Walk • Bucks Road • Douglas • Isle of Man • IM1 3AR www.gov.im/centralregistry

Freedom of Information Co-ordinator 1st Floor, St Georges Court Upper Church Street, Douglas Isle of Man IM1 1EX

Telephone: (01624 686400) Website: https://www.iomdfenterprise.im/

Our ref: 4950685 13th October 2025

Dear ###

Re: Freedom of Information Act 2015

I write further to your request, received 22nd September 2025, which states:

"As of today, how much of the Isle of Man has been First Registered as a) a percentage of the total land area of the Isle of Man and b) in terms of area in hectares?
Thank you."

Our response to your request is as follows:

In September 2023 the Land Registry provided information to the Constitutional and Legal Affairs and Justice Committee, which was considering the position of Adverse Possession in the Isle of Man, that showed 25.86% of the total land area of the Isle of Man was registered in the Land Registry. As of September 2025, the figure stands at 28.22%. In terms of the area measured by hectares, the percentages equate to 14,794 and 16,146 hectares respectively.

The images below show the areas of land registered in 2023 and 2025.

Since mid-2020, the majority of land transactions received in the Land Registry on a monthly basis relate to transfers of registered land (as opposed to applications for compulsory first registration).

Further information on land registration is publicly available via the following sources:

• the Land Registry TitleLocator - https://manngis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=2774436daaac4 f82ad5bfc40742da71b

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• the Land Registry Dashboard - https://www.gov.im/categories/home-and- neighbourhood/deeds-and-probate-registry/land-registry/live-applications-house- prices-statistics/

• Open Data – Land Transactions - https://www.gov.im/about-the- government/government/open-data/economy/land-transactions/

September 2023

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September 2025

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