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Published 28 February 2023
Good quality and well prepared estate plot plans are at the very heart of a well-developed site, ensuring that you have suitable plans is one of the most important tasks early on in developing a new estate to make sure you get this right and avoid problems post completion.
So what actually constitutes a good estate plan? Helpfully, HM Land Registry (“HMLR”) have provided a guidance note for this very purpose, we have referenced some of the guidance below:
HMLR offer a free estate plan checking service and we always use this service to check estate plot plans are acceptable for registration purposes. This ensures that issues in relation to the plans are dealt with prior to any plots being sold, ultimately saving time in the sales process. To obtain estate plan approval a master estate plan is prepared which should include all the plots you are intending to sell, each individually edged in red and with the boundaries of the estate shown. We usually see the estate boundary edged in blue with the plots individually edged in red. Once HMLR are happy with the plans, they will issue “Estate Plan Approval”. This Estate Plan Approval is a vital document to a successful sale programme and we always include this in your legal sales packs because, amongst other things, such approval:
A further available benefit to the developing estates service is a determination of the estate boundaries to check at an early stage that the development fits within your title to the land. This might sound obvious but mistakes in registration of title boundaries do happen! This secondary approval service is issued at the same time as estate plan approval and is very useful especially for plots sitting close to the boundary line.
Finally, it's important for estate and plot plans not to be overly complicated or difficult to interpret, this enables purchasers have a clear understanding of their plot and the surrounding estate. This is particularly important given the launch of the NHQC (New Homes Quality Code) which states plans should be provided to purchasers reliably illustrating the newbuild plots general layout and orientation.
Working with us to develop and agree the form of estate plan is vitally important to a successful sales programme and we look forward to engaging with you on this.
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