What scale do Land Registry plans have to be?
The scale of a title plan is usually 1:1250 in urban areas and 1:2500 in rural areas – see practice guide 40, supplement 1: the basis of HM Land Registry plans. Where a title plan covers a large rural area it may be prepared at either 1:5000 or 1:10 000 scales.
What does a dotted line on a title plan mean?
The dotted black line highlighted on your enclosed copy of HM Land Registry Title Plan is an ‘edge of limit’ line which is a representation of a change of form where no other feature exists. This includes the limits of vegetation where there is no actual feature (e.g. fence, hedge or wall) defining the edge.
What do the Colours mean on a Land Registry plan?
Land Registry Colouring on the Filed Plan Blue, yellow and brown are all used to identify various rights of way and pink is often used to identify areas which are subject to covenants.
What does blue mean on a Land Registry plan?
The land coloured blue on the first plan is part of the servient tenement (the retained land) and is the same as that coloured brown on the second plan, and which is subject to a right of way. The land edged red is land sold to the dominant tenement and which now has its own Title.
Are Land Registry plans accurate?
How accurate is the Land Registry plan? Whilst of importance to your conveyancing transaction, it is essential to note the accuracy of the Title Plan. Such Plans can never be considered to be 100% accurate, as the boundaries are noted by HM Land Registry as ‘general boundaries’ only.
Why would a property not show up on Land Registry?
If your property isn’t registered, it doesn’t mean there is a problem with your ownership – it simply means there hasn’t been a transaction to trigger the requirement to register since it became compulsory for your area. To sell an unregistered property you need to produce the physical title deeds.
Can you claim land after 7 years?
Also someone in adverse possession can rely on adverse possession by their predecessors so someone who acquires land from someone who has been in adverse possession for 7 years only has to be in possession for a further 5 years in order to claim title.
Are Land Registry title plans accurate?
What is T on Land Registry plan?
The most common marking on deed plans that relates to boundaries are ‘T’ marks. An entry referring to a ‘T’ mark is normally a statement concerning the ownership of a boundary structure or the liability to maintain and repair it. make a note to the said register entry that a copy of the plan to the deed is filed.
Why would a property not show up on land registry?
Can you rely on Land Registry plans?
The short answer. It therefore follows that ownership of property at the Land Registry is generally conclusive. But you cannot rely on the lines drawn on the file plans as being an accurate representation of the boundaries of the land involved.
Can you sell a house without the deeds?
It’s possible to sell or remortgage a house without the deeds, but you must prove you own the property to do so. If deeds have been lost or destroyed, the first port of call is to check whether the property is registered with the Land Registry.
What should be included in a land registry plan?
The plan lodged must allow HM Land Registry to clearly identify the land on the Ordnance Survey map and should comply with the Guidelines for preparing plans for HM Land Registry applications.
How are blueprints kept by the land registry?
Blueprints are the drawings professionally created by architects, structural surveyors and building engineers, usually with the purpose of supporting an application for planning consent or building regulation approval. They are not kept by the Land Registry but by the local authority.
When do I need a HM Land Registry title plan?
When HM Land Registry registers a property, we prepare a register and a title plan. The title plan is one of three elements of a registered title along with the register and any documents referred to in the register and filed at HM Land Registry.
How many supplements are in HM Land Registry plan?
Six supplements that comprise the complete guide of HM Land Registry’s plans (practice guide 40). The six supplements deal with specific issues and have been introduced so that information is logically presented and more readily to hand.