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Documents check list

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DOCUMENTS CHECK LIST

Use this list to help you decide which documents are relevant and whether you have them available or can obtain them.

For your property For your neighbour's property
1 a.
Title Register and Title Plan		 Do you have them?   1 a.
Title Register and Title Plan		 Do you have them?  
Can you buy them from Land Registry?   Can you buy them from Land Registry?  
Visit the Land Registry web site, and click on "Find a property" to buy a title register and plan.
1 b.
Deeds and Plans referred to on Register		 Are any referred to on the Title Register?   1 b.
Deeds and Plans referred to on Register		 Are any referred to on the Title Register?  
If yes, contact Land Registry to buy an official copy.   If yes, contact Land Registry to buy an official copy.  
2.
Conveyance deeds		 Do you hold these?   2.
Conveyance deeds		 Can you purchase from Land Registry "official copies" of any conveyances referred to on your neighbour's Title Register?  
Can you get a copy of your "title deeds" from your mortgage lender?  
Can you purchase "official copies" of any referred to on your Title Register?  
3.
Transfer deeds and transfer plans		 Do you hold these?   3.
Transfer deeds and transfer plans		 Can you purchase from Land Registry "official copies" of any any transfer deed / plans referred to on your neighbour's Title Register?  
Can you purchase "official copies" of any referred to on your Title Register?  
4.
Seller's Property Information Form		 Did you retain a copy of the SPIF with the paperwork that attended your purchase of the property?  
Not available unless your neighbour offers it.
5.
Estate Agents' sales particulars		 Did you retain a copy with the paperwork that attended your purchase of the property?  
Not available unless your neighbour offers it.
6.
Planning Drawings		 Are any held at your District Council Planning office?   6.
Planning Drawings		 Are any held at your District Council Planning office?  
Can you purchase copies of any drawings that show what was on the ground at the time of the planning application?   Can you purchase copies of any drawings that show what was on the ground at the time of the planning application?  
9.
Your own photographs		 If you are able to verify dates, then your own photos may provide useful evidence. Have you checked your old photos?  
Not available unless your neighbour offers it.
Relevant to both properties
7.
Ordnance Survey maps		 If your property is old enough, and if there have been significant changes over time, then it is possible that old Ordnance Survey maps (1:1250 or 1:2500 scales) may offer useful evidence. Possible sources are:
www.old-maps.co.uk Your local County Records Office Your local County Library
The "Legal Deposit Libraries", i.e British Library, London Bodleain Library, Oxford
Cambridge University Library National Library of Scotland National Library of Wales
8.
Old aerial photographs		 A list of suppliers can be found under the heading "Sources of Aerial Photography" on the links page of the Boundary Problems web site.

 

 
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