Land Registry Title Deeds and Plans for the UK and Ireland

To apply for a Right of Way or Right of Access search you should click "Boundarys" on the blue menu, from the home page.

This will take you to a screen that contains details of a number of different types of Boundary Searches and provides the following options:

	Where there are 2 adjoining properties
	Where there are 3 adjoining properties
	Where the dispute relates to a Right of Way or Right of Access

You then select the third option (Right of Way or Right of Access) and click the "Buy Now" button which is located alongside the title of the search that you wish to order.

This takes you to a short application form where you provide the addresses of the properties involved. If one of the properties is a grass verge, village green or unused land it may be common land, in which case you should select the option to include a Common Land search.

You will receive the following documents:

The Title Registers will refer to the Title Plans and will provide verbal descriptions of the properties. They will also contain either full or brief details of any Covenants, Restrictions, Easements and Rights of Way affecting the properties.

The Title Plans are based on the Ordnance Survey and are usually provided at a scale of 1:1250 (1:2500 in rural areas). Title Plans offer a rough guide only as to the positions of boundaries. They show outlines of the properties so they can be identified in relation to the surrounding properties and also show rights of way. The Title Plans and Property Registers must be read together as coloured markings etc in the Title Plans are always described in the Title Registers.

Registered Old Deeds will only be available if the Title Registers refer to covenants, easements, rights of way, etc but do not contain sufficient details of them. The Land Registry would then include them to clarify the same. Such documents may consist of conveyances, transfers, agreements, deeds, licences, wayleaves etc and may stretch back to the 19th century. Up to 6 of the most relevant registered old deeds will be included with the search.

Registered Old Deeds often contain considerable detail relating to rights of way and rights of access and often have appended to them detailed maps and plans.

Common Land searches relate to areas of common land, grass verges or village greens and state the name and address of the owner, the rights of any commoners and a description of the boundaries of the common land.

The PlanSearch Plus is an environmental search and amongst other things illustrates and describes rights of way affecting the property and the surrounding area. This is quite a lengthy document and provides a wealth of additional information.