For many of our customers, purchasing land registry documents of title is for the purposes of asserting rights, defending your land or other property disputes. We have provided a series of guides to help answer some of the common questions relating to registered and unregistered land. Please note this is not definitive legal advice and should not be used as a replacement to legal advice.

Advice Pages

What is a title Register?

What is a title Plan?

What are my title deeds?

What is registered property?

What is Un-registered property?

What is a covenant?

What is an Easement?

I thought these documents where private?

What is a conveyance (what is contained in)?

What is a chattel?

What does successor in title mean?

I Have a boundary dispute, what should I do?

The Title Register is the main document outlining the fundamental details of a property and is one of the two documents of Title. This official document is required for every registered property in England and Wales . This documents can answer the question 'who owns that property'. The Title Register contains the following information:

Owners Name And Address

Tenure (such as leasehold or freehold)

Mortgages or registered charges

Registered interests

Price paid if sold since 2000

Details or references to any covenants

Rights of way and easements

Other rights

The Title Register should be used in conjunction with the Title Plan.

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The Title Plan is the other main document of title and shows an outline of the property and its location in relation to the surrounding properties. It may contain coloured markings referred to in the Register (for rights of way etc) and boundary markings. It is the official filed plan with the title register. The title Plan contains the following information

General guide of boundaries

Lands orientation relating to north

Indications of specific easements and rights

How land relates to surrounding properties

The Title Plan should be used in conjunction with the Title Register.

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This document is often referred to as your deeds; they are a series of old documents, hand written in many cases which before compulsory land registration served as title(proof of ownership) to the property. These include old conveyances, transfers and separate agreements. They contain useful information about boundaries, covenants and rights of way, and frequently have detailed plans and drawings attached to them. The number of available registered Old Deeds differs with each property, we provide them all for a fixed fee. They can often bring to light new rights or burdens your property has, that are not specifically recorded in your title register. Examples of information contained which may not be found in title register and plan of registered land:

Transfers

Conveyances

Agreements

Drawings & Plans

Covenants

Rights of way

Other easements

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Registered land is land which has at least one Registered Title. It's a term to define an interest in the land, not the physical land itself. This is because the same plot of land may be subject to more than one registered title, a lease over a freehold piece of land for example. Registered Land has boundaries certified to be correct; the title is guaranteed by state insurance.

To find out if land is registered, perform a search for the Title Register.

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Un registered property is property that has not changed hands since compulsory registration came into place (2000). Many councils started registration in the 1970.

To find out if land is registered, perform a search for the Title Register.

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A covenant is a contractual agreement - in the most common sense in property it is used to restrict one party by another. Covenants operate largely by 'successor in title' (i.e. each subsequent owner of the property is bound or benefited) and contrary to common belief do not become less valid as time passes. A barrister is generally used to comment on the enforceability of a covenant.

Please Refer to the Title Register and Title Deeds for details of covenants.

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A right held by one person to use the land of another for a specific purpose, such as access to other property. Examples include utility lines, driveway, and ingress and egress. Easements can be temporary but are normally permanent.

Please Refer to the Title Register, Title Plan and Title Deeds for details of easements and Rights of Way.

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This is not the case. You can purchase any Uk properties official land registry documents HERE.

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This is the legal side of buying and transferring property ownership, usually handled either by a solicitor or licensed conveyance specialist. It is an instrument by which title is transferred; a Deed. It is also, the act of transferring title. Any land transferred since 2000 is registered with the land registry. The land registry Title Register is the resultant document.

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It can be rather tricky to understand in the terms of property (not possessive). It is an item of tangible movable or immovable property except title (freehold, lease) and things upon such as buildings connected by the land. Details of chattels can be found inside the land Registry Title Register.

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Successor in title is a term usually used in relation to restrictive covenants and other such agreements. It Means that the successive owners of the titled land are bound by the said agreement. to find out if you are bound by a covenant and if it operates on a successor in title basis, purchase the Land Registry Title Register.

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First you should purchase the Land Registry title plan and title register of both your land and the land with which you are in dispute. These will provide you with the official guide to you and your neighbours boundary. These documents can be supported by land registry historical Title Deeds

It may then be wise to consult a surveyor. If the dispute is greater than a fence being out of position, for example, when angled gardens are 'squared off', a barrister may be necessary.

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