Land Registry : - things to avoid

Leases Lease plans

- Land Registry requirements

- things to avoid

- incomplete detail

- plans photocopied at reduced size

- provide surrounding detail

- what can go wrong

- a plan should include

- plan for development

- summary

Variation of a lease
- Stamp Duty Land Tax
- specific applications
- extent increased
- extent decreased
- term extended
- term shortened
- variation of rent
- general provisions
When to register
- compulsory registration
- landlord's title is subject compulsory registration
- assignments, transfers or charges of unregistered leases
- voluntary registration

Things to avoid

Example 1: re-using an old black and white photocopy

Poor photocopying of a plan with edging that obliterates the detail.

This plan is based on a black and white photocopy that has been re-coloured. The wide edging extends over and obliterates the detail of the boundary.

The precise width of the roadway at the back of the property cannot be identified and consequently the exact length of the back garden is uncertain.

It is also impossible to scale from a plan of this quality.

The next page looks at plans that have incomplete detail.