Boundary query

propertyrental

laidbackgjr said:

Carpetto said:

The plan merely shows a  red line around the boundary. No gap between us and the field. 
When we asked the solicitor she asked the question of the vendor twice hence the 2 replies. By that time we didn't want to hold things up any longer

The red line on the plan is your boundary - does this relate to the first fence or the second fence? It's quite common that the farmer will put an additional fence up within the field to keep cattle away from the fences / gardens of the property and likely the farmer owns the land upto your boundary. It doesn't really sound like a ransom strip type scenario.

Yes.......................

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silvercar said:

eddddy said:

Carpetto said:

Secondly that the gap is a separate piece of land in its own right and is not owned by the landowner of the field

You can probably check out the above possibility here :  
[Link removed - see comment below]

It shows property boundaries superimposed on a map (or aerial photo). It's probably not accurate enough to see exactly where your boundary is to within 3 feet - but if there is a separately registered piece of land between your garden and the field, you should be able to see a separate block on the map.


For example, I can see that there is narrow ransom strip that runs alongside my garden, but it's not accurately positioned over the aerial photo.

(But I wouldn't buy anything from that site, as it seems a bit overpriced.)

The official site is here: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/land-registry

Don’t make the mistake of using sites that overcharge and then at best get what you are looking for from the official site.

@eddddy can I suggest you remove the dodgy link from your post.

I have that link shared by Eddddy saved as a favourite as it gives you instant information of boundaries/shapes of plots which you can then investigate further and clarify at the official gov site that you shared at a much cheaper price. I can’t seem to find similar on the gov.uk Land Registry site without having to pay, am I looking correctly? Does a similar mapping exist on gov.uk site? 

Carpetto

martindow said:

I think there can be a double fence as you describe so that sheep or other livestock can be protected from possible infection by animals in neighbouring gardens or fields.  The farmer would build the second fence inside the boundary to achieve this, so the outer fence in this case would be the boundary.

Is three feet a signicicant proportion of your land?  I wonder whether this is worth spending money fighting, whatever the rights or wrongs, if you have a hundred foot garden for example.

That might make sense. We have no intention of using it but would just like to know if it's ours

Carpetto

laidbackgjr said:

Carpetto said:

The plan merely shows a  red line around the boundary. No gap between us and the field. 
When we asked the solicitor she asked the question of the vendor twice hence the 2 replies. By that time we didn't want to hold things up any longer

The red line on the plan is your boundary - does this relate to the first fence or the second fence? It's quite common that the farmer will put an additional fence up within the field to keep cattle away from the fences / gardens of the property and likely the farmer owns the land upto your boundary. It doesn't really sound like a ransom strip type scenario.

How do i know? There are no measurements just a single red line around the property that separates us from the field.

Carpetto

The link shared by eddddy is useful. There is no separate parcel of land for that strip.
I did ask the farmer, he only rents the land and looked at me blankly. He has just cut the hedges against the barbed wire. That seems to be where his interest ends as he has no access to the strip because of the hedge whereas I do from my side

silvercar

UnderOffer said:

silvercar said:

eddddy said:

Carpetto said:

Secondly that the gap is a separate piece of land in its own right and is not owned by the landowner of the field

You can probably check out the above possibility here :  
[Link removed - see comment below]

It shows property boundaries superimposed on a map (or aerial photo). It's probably not accurate enough to see exactly where your boundary is to within 3 feet - but if there is a separately registered piece of land between your garden and the field, you should be able to see a separate block on the map.


For example, I can see that there is narrow ransom strip that runs alongside my garden, but it's not accurately positioned over the aerial photo.

(But I wouldn't buy anything from that site, as it seems a bit overpriced.)

The official site is here: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/land-registry

Don’t make the mistake of using sites that overcharge and then at best get what you are looking for from the official site.

@eddddy can I suggest you remove the dodgy link from your post.

I have that link shared by Eddddy saved as a favourite as it gives you instant information of boundaries/shapes of plots which you can then investigate further and clarify at the official gov site that you shared at a much cheaper price. I can’t seem to find similar on the gov.uk Land Registry site without having to pay, am I looking correctly? Does a similar mapping exist on gov.uk site? 

Does this link help? https://search-property-information.service.gov.uk/search/map-search/

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Thank you @silvercar, that’s helpful, though still prefer the overlay mapping version at the other site but appreciate people might purchase copies and overpay if shared.