Target Surveys has been providing Land Registry compliant plans to a range of clients throughout the country for the past 9 years. Since 2002, It is now law that any lease that lasts for seven years or longer must be registered with the appropriate Land Registry Plan. This plan must be in line with the suggested criteria, so it is important that you choose someone who is experienced at producing plans that comply with the guidelines found here.
A Land Registry Plan is a drawing or diagram that is fully compliant with the Land Registry Practice Guide 40 – this states that all drawing plans must be to a recognised scale and provide enough detail for a property or site to be identified on an Ordnance Survey Map, as well as show any demised or demolished areas.
Land Registry Plans can come in varying formats depending on the reason for your application. Here at Target, we can provide the following and more:
It is likely that you will need A compliant Land Registry Plan if you are looking to change the boundaries of a property you own, or if you are looking to buy or sell a leasehold property in which a lease of more than seven years is being granted for the first time. In some cases, you will also need a Land Registry Plan if you are dividing land into more than two parts, or selling land that was previously unregistered.
If you are simply buying or selling a leasehold property that has a long lease, and no changes are happening to the boundary, then it is likely a compliant Land Registry Plan will already exist.
Failing to provide a compliant Land Registry Plan can cause your applications to be delayed or rejected, meaning a new plan has to be prepared and submitted – something which is a time-consuming and costly process.
A Land Registry Plan can save you time and money, especially in the case of a dispute. In general, we think that the main benefits of a Land Registry Plan are the added security, clarity and certainty that they provide our clients with.
Security: If your land is unregistered, then it is possible in some circumstances that people could take advantage of your property via third party applications for possession – otherwise known as “Squatter’s Rights.”
Provides Evidence of Ownership: Having evident ownership means that whenever you want to buy, or sell property in the future, you know that all the title information will be with the Land Register, and available online for everyone to see.
Clarity: Registering your property makes it easy for third parties to ascertain who owns a property or land. This will save you time that you would have to spend interpreting and reviewing old deeds to prove your ownership is correct.
Certainty: Land Registry Plans provide you with clear and reliable evidence as to the boundaries of your property. This can help you with any boundary disputes, as well as confirms that your understanding of a property is in line with that shown on the plan.
Our Land Registry Services are available to all of our clients throughout the country. As always at Target, our services are carried out in a reliable, fast and accurate manner. Once we receive your order, a member of our team will be in touch to arrange a site visit at the earliest possible convenience.
Alternatively, our team would happily check over any of your existing sketches, estate agent plans, title plans or architect drawings to see if they can be adapted into a compliant Land Registry Plan.
If you are unsure as to whether your land or property is properly registered, or you want to deal with the registration of your land please get in touch. You can contact us on 01926 313419 or reach out to us on mail@targetsurveys.co.uk. Alternatively, please fill out our contact form here.
We can produce Land Registry Compliant plans, which could, for example, help resolve a property boundary which is under dispute by two neighbours. Our plans can be compared against the title plan or an existing land registry plans to identify if the boundary is in the right/wrong position to help resolve the dispute.
No site or project is the same, as such, our Land Registry plans vary from project to project.
When you contact us about a project we will evaluate both the size of your project and your unique requirements to provide you with an accurate quotation.
Here at Target, our role is to create highly accurate drawings and land registry compliant plans that help you define which part of the land belongs to whom. We will then pass these on to either the client or the acting solicitor who represents them. We do not get involved in the legal aspect of the process.
Yes, all of our plans are fully compliant with HM Land Registry regulations and we offer all of our clients a revision free of charge in the rare case a plan is rejected.