Property Consultant and Project Manager
Adjudicator Arbitrator Conciliator Mediator
Land Registry maps and Boundary Disputes
Every property that is sold or leased must be registered with Land Registry. That includes houses, apartments, land and offices.
So you need a Land Registry map.
Joe prepares these maps. We know what Land Registry requires and we prepare these maps, accurately and quickly.
We can also evaluate maps supplied by the vendor of a property to ensure the buyer, our client, is looking at an accurate map of the property before it is submitted to Land Registry.
And we can address all boundary issues before the sale of the property goes through.
Boundary disputes
Joe can assist solicitors and property professionals with boundary issues. We can advise you as to whether or not there is an issue with the location of your boundary.
We can go back through Land Registry maps or lease maps and determine where the boundary is. We can then help you in negotiations with your neighbour, or indeed with court proceedings.
And experience is vital in this area. OS maps are not completely accurate (plus or minus 1 metre is common) and you need to know which arguments will be seen to be reasonable, and which will not.
Dispute resolution
So dispute resolution is often the best process. We can advise on what is likely to happen during negotiations or court proceedings, and what you stand to lose. Our aim is to guide you on what is the most sensible approach to the dispute.
A recent case for Joe Behan
We were contacted by an investor that was buying a company with a large number of sites throughout the country. We were to carry out all the mapping and handle any boundary disputes that arose.
We started by gathering together all existing maps we could find of the sites in leases and planning applications. Where a map could not be located, we surveyed the site and prepared a new one.
We then compared what was ‘on the ground’ with what was described on the maps, and in documentation, to see if there were any conflicts. In one case the documentation described a building as being part of one of the properties. But ‘on the ground’ a neighbour was in possession of it.
This conflict was ultimately resolved by me to the satisfaction of the new owner and the neighbour.