With property boundaries often causing confusion and contention between neighbours, understanding the fundamentals about these disputes and how to handle them is important for any owner.
Writing in an article for Stone Survey, associate Christopher Lee responds to questions on property disputes, covering the basics of property boundaries, common causes of boundary disputes, and the possible costs.
'Boundary disputes can occur for all sorts of reasons, but a common factor in these disputes is often the lack of clear and precise plans, which give a general indication of the boundaries of the parties’ properties but are not definitive. Surprisingly, although the Land Registry issues an “official copy” title plan for registered land, these only show the “general boundaries” under section 60(1) of the Land Registration Act 2002 for the vast majority of properties, and unlike Ordnance Survey plans, there is no standard tolerance, measurement or ratio that can be attributed to the relationship between the position of the general boundary mapped on a Land Registry title plan and the position of the legal boundary.'
The full article is available to read on the Stone Survey website.
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