an approved plan may no longer be correct. Since the Keeper will not at this stage be able to advise purchasers of the altered plan, the builder should do so and, where necessary, obtain correct Form 12 reports  and  prepare  a  new  deed  plan.  It  is  recommended,  therefore,  that  where  a  transaction  has proceeded on the basis of an approved plan, purchasers should, at settlement, obtain confirmation that the builder has not departed from the approved plan. Until the amended plan has been approved, any  subsequent  application  for  a  Form  12  report  must  provide  a  property  description  which  will enable the Keeper to identify the subjects and locate them on the builder’s title plan. Surveys of developing estates are made by Ordnance Survey at frequent intervals and the Keeper’s plans  are  then  revised  to  show  all  new  buildings,  fences,  roads  and  other  physical  features.  If  it becomes apparent that a builder has departed from the features shown on the plan approved by the Keeper, approval will be immediately withdrawn. This may affect reports already issued. It will certainly delay  the  issue  of  further  reports  as  applications  for  these  will  require  to  describe  the  individual subjects in a way which will enable the Keeper to identify and locate them on the builder’s title plan. Withdrawal of approval of the approved plan cannot, of course, affect interests already registered. Reference to approved plans 4.42  Where  reference  is  made  to  a  plot  number  on  an  approved  plan,  e.g.  in  missives  or  in  an application for a Form 12 report, the date of approval should always be specified. Similarly, where an excerpt from an approved plan is used as the deed plan (and it is recommended that such an excerpt should be used in each case) the plan should be docqueted in the following terms: This is an excerpt from (copy of) the estate layout plan approved by the Keeper on (...). Deposit of land certificate 4.43 In  terms of  Rule  9(3),  each  application  for  registration  must  be  accompanied  by the  relative  land certificate. In a developing building estate it would be quite impracticable if the builder’s land certificate had to be available on the one hand for examination by each individual purchaser and, on the other hand, for submission to  the  Keeper  with  each  individual  application  for  registration.  The builder’s  land  certificate should therefore be deposited with the  Keeper who will advise the builder of  a deposit  number which applicants  for  registration  can  quote  when  applying  for  registration  (Form  3)  instead  of  producing  the builder’s land certificate. Under the Sasine system, it is common practice to order a number of sets of Sasine extracts of the builder’s title for exhibition to each purchaser and, under registration of title, a number of office  copies  of  the  builder’s  title  sheet  should  be  ordered  by  the  builder  for  this  purpose.  It  will  be remembered, however, that as and when each individual interest is registered, the builder’s title sheet (and title plan) will be amended to reflect the transfer. Later office copies will, therefore, show more up-to-date information than office  copies  ordered at the  commencement of the development. In cases where it is anticipated that the number of office copies required will increase as the development proceeds, there is merit in ordering these at intervals rather than at the commencement of the development. Metrication 4.44 Since 1969, land measurements based on the metre, the millimetre and the hectare have increasingly replaced those based on  the imperial  system. Accordingly, all new map data produced  by the Ordnance Survey is in metric form. Metric measurements are already standard in the Land Register, with the Agency

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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