Direct answers to the questions we hear most from solicitors, landlords and leaseholders across London.
A Land Registry lease plan is a scaled drawing that shows the demised area of a property being leased, submitted to HM Land Registry when registering a lease of more than seven years..
Yes — if you are registering a new lease of more than seven years, extending an existing lease, or transferring part of a registered title for a London flat, HM Land Registry requires a compliant lease plan..
Residential lease plans in London start from £199 + VAT with a site survey; commercial plans start from £399 + VAT.. DIY plans from existing drawings start from £99 + VAT where suitable.
After the site survey, we aim to deliver the lease plan by email within 48 hours where possible.. Approved hard copies are then printed to scale and posted.
A compliant lease plan must include a scaled floor plan, the demised area edged in red, communal areas in green where they affect the demise, a north point, scale bar, floor levels, and an Ordnance Survey location plan..
Yes, in some cases — if you can supply accurate, scaled drawings with reliable measurements we can produce a DIY lease plan from £99 + VAT without a site visit.. If measurements are uncertain, we recommend a survey.
If HM Land Registry raises a requisition, we review the feedback, amend the plan to address the issue, and reissue an updated PDF and printed copies.. Our plans are produced to Land Registry standards to minimise rejections.
Yes — lease plans must be printed at the stated metric scale on A3 or A4 paper.. Using "fit to page" on a home printer changes the scale and can cause rejection. We post professionally printed, correctly scaled copies as standard.
The demised area is the part of the property exclusively included in the lease — typically the flat, maisonette or commercial unit plus any included areas such as a garden, roof terrace or parking space.. It is edged in red on the lease plan.
Communal areas are shared parts of the building — staircases, entrance halls, lift lobbies, bin stores and similar — that are not part of the demise but may affect access or rights.. They are typically shown in green on the lease plan.
Send us the property address and we will confirm a fixed price. Residential plans from £199 + VAT, commercial from £399 + VAT.
