Add To – Additional Ground - Sift Instructions

An FA (First Add-to) application comes about when additional subjects are added to an existing land registered title.

Sheila and Bobby own an ex-council house which is registered in the land register. Their garden is bordered by some poorly maintained land belonging to the local authority. Sheila and Bobby are keen gardeners so they approach the council to buy the land, so that they can add it to their garden. The additional garden ground (which is part of the council’s sasine title) is added to their registered title as an FA application.

Tom and Barbara have lived in their house for a long time and it is still registered in sasines. They buy some ground to add to their garden, and the additional garden ground is registered in the land register. The title to the house remains in sasines. Some years later, Wendy buys the house from them, together with the additional garden ground. The garden ground is already land registered so the application is submitted as a DW. A separate application to register the title to the house is taken on as an FA, adding the title for the house to the existing registered title for the garden.

Faith owns a farm which is registered in the land register. The neighbouring farm is still in sasines. Faith buys 1.8 hectares from the adjoining farm and adds the land to her own farm. The 1.8 hectares will be added to Faith’s title sheet as an FA application.

How will I recognise an FA application?

The application type on LRS should be FA or VA.
Look to the Further Information section of the application form. This will often contain a request from the agent, asking us to:
- Add the subjects to an existing registered title, or
- Amalgamate the subjects with an existing registered title.
Even if the agent doesn’t request amalgamation, sometimes intake staff will decide to take the application on as an FA because it makes more sense for our own internal processes, so please check the CMS for any relevant instructions to treat the application as an FA.

What else do I need to know?

The FA case characteristic should also be used for VA applications. You will be looking for exactly the same characteristics as are listed above, except that the application type will be VA instead of FA.
Even when requested by the solicitor, not all amalgamation requests are suitable for amalgamation, so always check the CMS to determine whether intake staff have decided to refuse amalgamation. If amalgamation has been refused, then the case characteristic for FA should not be added to the application.

When you read the deed, there is no indication that the subjects being sold are additional land.

However when you look at the plan, you can see that the subjects being disponed (green) are intended to be added to existing registered land.

Useful Links

User Guide - processes for FA applications.