How do I find out my boundary line?

thriftyswifty

We are about to have some building work done and when the builder came at the weekend to show us the plans, he'd had to buy a location map from the local authority which shows our boundary line included some land to the side of us which we thought was owned by the council. How can I check if this land belongs to us?

suisidevw

I'd assume this would be on the deeds?!

fluffymuffy

If you've moved there in the last few years you can buy your deed plan online and have it on your screen within minutes.

daveyjp

http://www.landregistry.gov.uk/wps/portal/Property_Search

£4 for the plan.

thriftyswifty

Thanks for the replies. Got the title plan and it shows the land does not belong to us. I'm intruiged as to why the plan the builder had was different? Any ideas?

Also how do we find out who the land belongs to and if we could purchase it? We think it belongs to the local council but doesn't serve any purpose. It adjoins our driveway to the side and the dissused park next to it is fenced off. If we were to buy it, would the council have to put it up for sale or ask our neighbours if there were any objections to such a sale?

ormus

you can only ask the council if they wish to sell it. they dont have to of course.
you have no CPO rights like the council does!

the neighbours have no say in it. they may do if you plan to build on it though.

fluffymuffy

thriftyswifty wrote: »

If we were to buy it, would the council have to put it up for sale or ask our neighbours if there were any objections to such a sale?

Contact the council's legal department. If it does belong to the council and they are willing to sell it you would probably be able to buy it at a fair price without it being offered to anyone else - I know of several cases like that locally - but in every case they needed a planning application after the purchase to change the status of the land from Public open Space to private garden, prior to any other use being made. And in one case the planning permission was refused and the new owners were obliged to maintain a nice landscaped area for public amenity.