Published: 06/01/2025 By Ashleigh Stokes
Land registry plans can be required for multiple reasons. We are often asked to complete them on behalf of clients, solicitors or other professionals. Conveyancing is perhaps the most common reason you may require a land registry compliant plan. Within a legal document for a land transfer for example, a Land Registry plan is a key component and critical for correctly identifying the land involved. Having an accurate plan in place can help avoid or resolve potential boundary disputes in the future and therefore they are worth investing in.
However, Land Registry compliant plans are not quite as simple as drawing a red line onto a printed-out map. To be Land Registry compliant they must meet a certain criteria, including:
- Being a prescribed scale. For urban properties, the preferred scales range from 1:1250 – 1:500 and for rural properties it is 1:2500. The scale must be clearly marked on the plan.
- The map must show its orientation using a north arrow.
- It must show sufficient detail to be identified on the Ordnance Survey Map.
- The general location should be clarified by showing roads, road junctions or other landmarks.
- It must include a scale bar.
Generally, Land Registry compliant plans take a couple of hours to complete, depending on the complexity of the plan. Using the latest software, we can pick up most boundaries on our mapping software which makes mapping out a new plan a lot easier, but sometimes we will need additional measurements, perhaps even going back to basics with the good old-fashioned metre wheel. Either way, no plan is too big or too small and Symonds & Sampson’s experienced surveyors will be happy to help.
Please contact Ashleigh Stokes at our Salisbury Office on 01722 334323 or the Professional Department in your nearest Symonds & Sampson office.