"Al Reynolds" wrote | Sideways thought - if this piece of land has been used for access, | or could even have been a right of way, can't you just establish the | right of way and not bother buying the land? I think there's something | called easements relating to this, but IANAL so I'm not sure. The | people at No. 35 can't sell it if they don't own it and can't claim | adverse possession, so it'll stay unregistered and serve as a right | of way.
A right of way is for the general public. The owner of adjacent land walking across it would not be sufficient to establish a right of way, because it would not be general public use.
Owain