Alpha Mule Posted August 22, 2012 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 The MIL owns outright a bit of farmland, with a small river running through it. Does she own the rights to fish the stream, or do we need permits? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Kelly Posted August 22, 2012 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 (edited) You'd need a rod license, but if she owns the sporting rights to the estate then you only need her permission to fish it on top of the rod license. Edited August 22, 2012 by Tim Kelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Mule Posted August 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 The 'estate' was bought for her from her mum's will when she was young. How would we know if she owns the sporting rights? Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted August 22, 2012 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 Erm as the landowner she should know if it was sold or leased. Worth double checking the deeds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garden gun Posted August 23, 2012 Report Share Posted August 23, 2012 Check the sale transaction. Fishing (and shooting) rights do not necessarily go with the ownership of the land. Sounds strange but that is the way it is. If the land was once part of a bigger estate that estate may still have the sporting rights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billytheghillie Posted August 23, 2012 Report Share Posted August 23, 2012 ask tom sawyer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Mule Posted August 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 Cheers for that. The transaction of sale will have to be checked. I hoped maybe there was some official site that could be queried. I have had the shooting permission granted here, so assume (I know!!) that when the plod checks happened they checked that the owner has the right to grant permission. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillmouse Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 Several Rights are seperable from the freehold and it would really need a thorough check carried out by a Solicitor to ascertain exactly who owns what and what was included in the sale. Riparian and Shooting Rights are quite often detached from the sale of land, especially when Estates fragment. I would find it unlikely that a Police follow up on letters of permission would go in to the detail required to confirm the indesputable legal ownership as it is a lengthy and costly exercise. When we bought a Grouse moor the search for legal proof of ownership to the shooting rights offered for sale took almost a year and final cost constituted almost 25% of the final purchase price. I hope it is a lot quicker, easier and cheaper in your case. Hopefully the Deeds are clear but as they will be written in Legalise it's a long shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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