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Boundary agreements and determined boundaries (PG40s4)

This supplement deals with boundary agreements and determined boundaries; in particular explaining what they are and when they may be appropriate (practice guide 40, supplement 4).

Updates to this page

From:
HM Land Registry
Published:
13 October 2003
Last updated:
1 June 2026
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  1. The guide has been amended to reflect how applications should be made using our digital systems.

  2. Section 2.1 has been amended to refer to a recent Court of Appeal decision regarding whether a boundary agreement binds successors in title who have no knowledge of it.

  3. Section 4.4 has been amended to clarify who must sign a plan supporting an application to determine a boundary.

  4. Section 3 has been amended in light of developments in the law since the last edition.

  5. A section has been added to explain how a determined boundary might be obtained following transfers between neighbours, without an application for a determined boundary being made.

  6. Section 5 has been amended in response to a complaint that the sixth paragraph in that section was misleading as we may requisition for further information before we consider cancellation of the application.

  7. Section 4 has been amended to refer to a recent Upper Tribunal decision which stated that the purpose of the determined boundaries procedure is to provide “accurate public records as to the position of the boundary of a registered parcel of land” rather than “resolving boundary disputes between neighbours”.

  8. Section 3 has been amended to clarify our procedures

  9. Link to the advice we offer added.

  10. Welsh translation added.

  11. First published.

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Practice guide 40: HM Land Registry plans, supplement 4, boundary agreements and determined boundaries

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Determined boundary plan requirements

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Details

This supplement deals with:

  • (i) boundary agreements, explaining what they are, when they might be used and how they can be recorded in the register; and
  • (ii) determined boundaries, explaining what they are and how a boundary is determined

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