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The importance of surveys for conveyancing solicitors
Our land surveyors provide conveyancing solicitors with crucial information about property boundaries. A site survey can assist you with the completion of a property sale or purchase for your clients. We can also help to resolve Land Registry title issues and corrections or other problems with the current legal documentation.
We have expertise in accurate measuring and detailed knowledge of Land Registry’s requirements. This ensures we produce up-to-date land registry compliant plans.
As the requirements at Land Registry have tightened, plans previously used during conveyance may no longer be accepted by a mortgage company or Land Registry. Our surveyors produce high quality digital plans to meet the current requirements.
Land registry plans support
Our surveys can measure land and ensure that a property matches the title deed. They also help to identify easements and rights of way accurately on a plan. They can be used to check for encroachments of legal titles onto another property.
We can prepare accurate plans for land or property subdivisions. For a first registration, we can check that the unregistered area matches the property boundaries and compliant plans for registration.
Why choose Cheshire Surveys
We provide a range of surveys and related services across the North West, Cheshire, North Staffordshire and North Wales.
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25+ years experience
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What surveys could you need?
Surveys for Land Registry Title Plans
Site surveys for creating Land Registry compliant plans to record areas of sale, transfer, correction or first registration.
Boundary Surveys
Clearly understand your boundary lines, remove uncertainty around neighbouring land, and prevent disputes.
Topographical Surveys
Accurate, scaled plan of a site’s terrain, and a record of the position and levels of both manmade and natural features.
Why might you need a survey?
Surveys provide accurate measured data to prepare legally and registry compliant plans. Our surveyors carry out detailed surveys and then prepare the land registry title plan drawings for your client. This can prevent future boundary disputes, incorrect registrations and transaction delays.
We can survey and record the boundaries of either a new plot or a split of a title. This can then be used to prepare land registry compliant plans for the conveyance. It can also be shared with a mortgage provider for their decision making process. It provides an accurate record of what is being bought and sold in perpetuity.
Our surveyors can help you to clarify property boundaries by comparing land registry plans with Ordnance Survey and on-site surveys. We will conduct topographical surveys of a site’s built features. We then produce an overlay of our survey, Ordnance Survey map data and the land registry title plan. This will show the relationship between them all, and we provide dimensions as requested. We can also explain what the overlays show and set out the general boundary lines shown on a land registry plan.
It may be important for the position of a new boundary, based upon an agreed plan, to be laid out before a purchase or sale. Our experienced setting out engineers can ensure accurate boundary positioning. This will allow for the installation of new fences, walls or boundary hedges.
Property surveys & land registry plans
Project examples and costs
First registration of small rural plot
Client: Private Homeowner
Our surveyors visited a small rural plot to record the boundary features. We compared our site survey to land registry documentation to check for any issues with surrounding properties that were already registered. We then prepared the red line plan required by the Land Registry as part of the first registration process.
Costs: £1250.00 +VAT
Boundary survey for neighbouring properties
Client: Private Homeowner
The owners of neighbouring properties had identified that their land registration documentation was incorrect. We completed a boundary survey to record the current built features and structures. This was overlaid to the land registry documentation and the differences presented back to the clients. Following agreement between the parties, we produced plans for submission to the Land Registry to correct the errors.
Costs: £1500.00 + VAT
Checking an area of land before purchase
Client: Social Housing Provider
We carried out a boundary survey on a field being purchased for new social housing development. The survey was overlaid to the Land Registry title for the area of sale. This enabled us to check that the features on the ground matched the title as registered. We identified a discrepancy. The client was then able to use the plans to query this as part of the purchase process.
Costs: £1000 +VAT
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What are the benefits of surveys for conveyancing solicitors?
Our land surveyors enable conveyancing solicitors to provide accurate and efficient services to clients.
By confirming a property’s boundaries against the legal title, you can avoid discrepancies and prevent incorrect assumptions or future disputes. With accurate, up-to-date survey data and plans, your clients will experience a smoother lending process with mortgage providers. Reliable, compliant land registry plans reduce ambiguity and support
With good quality, reliable and accurate surveying services, you can reduce risks and protect your clients’ interests.
How we work
Step 01
Request a quote
We’ll need your project’s address and a site plan. We’ll then get in touch for a consultation to confirm site details and understand exactly what your project needs.
Step 02
Quote accepted
Once your project is confirmed with us, we’ll arrange a convenient date for your survey.
Step 03
We complete your survey
We’ll visit your project site to carry out the survey. We can meet you on site if needed. We will then process the survey data and create a survey drawing.
Step 04
Receive your survey
We’ll share the survey data with you, usually within a few days. We use industry standard file types and can issue all the drawings in multiple formats.
