Mapping requirements

All articles for this topic are listed below.

Assembling large title plans

A step-by-step guide to piecing together a large title plan from A4 printouts.

Common areas sometimes can’t be mapped due to vague descriptions in prior deeds.

Advice, requirements and examples to help you create a plan for your deed.

Guidelines for including digital data in your application for registration, including file formats and labelling.

We sometimes require applicants to show the extent of an encumbrance on the cadastral map.

Deeds must sufficiently describe the plot for us to delineate its boundaries on the cadastral map.

We use a range of colour references and conventions when we map plots.

Boundaries formed by natural water features are liable to movement over time.

A quick reference guide listing the 7 key requirements for creating new plans for property registration.

Registration requirements for territorial seabed and other land covered by water.

Shared plots have separate title sheets and cadastral units from principal, or sharing plots.

Tenements are a limited exception to the ‘no registration without mapping’ rule.

The cadastral map shows the totality of registered real rights in land in Scotland.