Practice guide 40: guide overview of Land Registry plans
Updated 25 June 2015
Applies to England and Wales
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Please note that HM Land Registry’s practice guides are aimed primarily at solicitors and other conveyancers. They often deal with complex matters and use legal terms.
1. Supplement 1: the basis of HM Land Registry plans
Supplement 1 describes the origins and scales of Ordnance Survey mapping and how this relates to plans prepared by HM Land Registry.
The main headings in this supplement are:
- Introduction
- Ordnance Survey mapping
- Scale and accuracy of Ordnance Survey mapping
- Feature representation on Ordnance Survey mapping
- Availability of Ordnance Survey mapping
- Copyright
- Contacting Ordnance Survey
2. Supplement 2: guidance for preparing plans for HM Land Registry applications
Supplement 2 has been designed to assist in the preparation of deed plans.
The main headings in this supplement are:
- Introduction
- Why good quality plans are important
- Plans for specific application types or situations
- Plans for first registrations
- Plans for transfers/leases of part of a registered estate
- Plans for unusual extents of land
- Use of verbal descriptions
- Completion of the title plan as an alternative to raising requisitions
- Guidelines for preparing plans for HM Land Registry applications
- E-lodgement of plans
3. Supplement 3: boundaries
Supplement 3 gives an overview of boundaries including general boundaries and boundary ownership and maintenance.
The main headings in this supplement are:
- Introduction
- Definition of a boundary
- Difficulties in showing the precise position of physical boundaries on plans
- Identifying the position of the legal boundary
- General boundaries
- Fixed boundaries
- Boundary agreements and determined boundaries
- Ownership and/or maintenance of boundaries
- Party Wall etc Act 1996
- Accretion and diluvion: non-tidal rivers and streams
- Legal presumptions
4. Supplement 4: boundary agreements and determined boundaries
Supplement 4 describes boundary agreements and determined boundaries and describes the application process.
The main headings in this supplement are:
- Boundary agreements
- How to get a boundary agreement recorded in the register
- Determined boundaries
- How to apply for a boundary to be shown in the register as determined
- The determined boundary plan (general)
- Determined boundary plan requirements
- Use of Permanent Ground Markers
- How the determined boundary is shown in the register
- Appendix 1: checklist of determined boundary plan requirements
- Appendix 2: example of a determined plan boundary based on measurements
5. Supplement 5: title plan
Supplement 5 describes the purpose, creation and maintenance of title plans.
The main headings in this supplement are:
- Introduction
- The purpose of a title plan
- Types of title plan
- Creating a title plan
- Title plan scales
- Title plan size
- What a title plan must always show
- Dimensions
- Colour references
- Other information on a title plan
- Updating a title plan
- Surveys
- Appendix 1: title plan conventions
6. Supplement 6: other HM Land Registry plans related services and guides
Supplement 6 describes other plans related services and other sources of mapping guidance.
The main headings in this supplement are:
- Searches of the index map
- Illustrative plans
- Electronic extent data
- HM Land Registry practice guides
7. Things to remember
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