When a copy of an earlier deed plan with imperial units is incorporated in a title sheet, no conversion of the measurements shown thereon will be undertaken. Title plans 4.51 As with the textual element of the Land Register, there will be no wholesale substitution of metric measurements for imperial measurements already disclosed on title plans. Dimensions on new filed plans, or added to existing ones, will be shown in metric units. If it becomes necessary to add metric dimensions to an existing title plan which already carries imperial measurements, the latter may be converted to metric at the Keeper’s discretion. NOTE: Further information and advice on the Directive is available from the Department of Trade and Industry, Consumer Affairs Division, 1-19 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0ET (Tel: 0171 215 0334 Fax: 0171 215 0315). APPENDIX 1 Recommended criteria for preparation of plans attached to deeds for conveyancing • A  scale  and  the  orientation  of  north  must  be  shown.  A  drawn  or  bar  scale  is  to  be  preferred, because it allows distortion from any subsequent photocopying to be identified. • The Keeper produces title plans using 1:1250, 1:2500, and 1:10,000 base scale ordnance survey mapping for properties falling in urban, rural, and mountain and moorland areas respectively. Deed plans drawn for properties in these areas should be adequate for the corresponding scale - but see below. • If the scale of the most suitable map is insufficient to reflect the necessary detail, an inset plan at a larger scale may be used. Situations will invariably arise when even the 1:1250 scale map cannot provide enough detail, in which case plans at 1:500 are the preferred option. • Scales based on the imperial system (e.g. 1 inch to 8 feet) are no longer acceptable. • The plan must not be stated to be ‘demonstrative only and not taxative’. • The plan must contain sufficient surrounding established detail (e.g. fences, houses, road junctions etc.) to enable its position to be fixed with accuracy on the ordnance map. • Where it is necessary for any measurement to be shown on the plan, metric units must be used to two decimal places. • Where measurements are deemed necessary, then the dimensions shown on the plan ought to agree, as far as possible, with the scaled measurements. • A  plan  employing  dimensions  which  are  simply  a  perimeter  measure  are  incapable  of  being accurately  plotted  or  proven.  Dimensioned  plans  must  therefore  include  proof  measurements which may consist of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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