Reports identify issues prior to registration and help to reduce the likelihood of application rejection.
They provide sellers, lenders and purchasers additional assurance regarding property transactions.
Business account holders can order reports using our online services.
Find out how to access our online services.
Plans report fast track
We offer a plans report fast track service for both Basic and Standard reports. You can apply for a same day fast track report on a weekday after 12 midnight and before 10am.
We review Fast Track requests after submission, as we can only accept requests which meet our acceptance criteria.
If your request does not meet the fast track acceptance criteria, you will be informed by 12 noon. Accepted fast track requests are processed before 5pm on the day of receipt.
Find out more about our fast track acceptance criteria.
Report or search?
You require a report for subjects that are to be registered. If you want to find information about the boundaries or ownership of a plot of land, you can ask us to conduct a search.
A basic report:
- Is a basic competition report
- Confirms whether the submitted plan or description meets our Keeper's deed plan criteria
- Provides a list of any cadastral units which conflict with the subjects of the report
The report also provides a list of cadastral units with relevant non-conflicting information from the cadastral map that affects the subjects of the report, such as rights of access and burdens.
This will not be done for a report over registered subjects as these will already be noted in the title sheet.
Note - no plan is created for this report.
Cost £110 + VAT
A standard report:
- Provides all the information of a basic report
- Discloses conflicts with existing cadastral units, including an illustrative print showing the extent of the competition
- Discloses registered shared areas which affect the subjects and provides an illustrative print identifying the affected extent
- Advises whether the subjects extent corresponds with the relevant features as defined on the current version of the Ordnance Survey map
- Provides an illustrated extract showing any discrepancies with the OS map
Cost £160 + VAT
Where the evidence submitted is insufficient for the Keeper to complete a report, a fee equivalent to a basic report will be applied regardless of the level original requested.
Order plans reports
We recommend that you order your plans report as soon as possible, for example when a note of interest is received.
Please ensure that the information included in your request is accurate. Inaccurate information will cause the report to be delayed or rejected.
If you're submitting a plan with many references, you should supply us with the interest in each reference.
For example:
- ownership
- common ownership
- servitude
Once completed you can view, save, and print your reports.
We aim to complete reports within three working days.
Plans Report intent
Plans Reports are primarily intended to:
- assess the suitability of ownership extents for Land Registration by comparison with the Ordnance Survey and Cadastral Map
- identify any cadastral competition
Where a request relates solely to servitudes, a Standard Plans Report cannot be provided. This is because servitudes cannot compete with previously registered cadastral units.
In these circumstances, the request will be completed as a basic report, which will:
- confirm whether the submitted plan is suitable for registration
- identify any registered cadastral units that may be affected by the servitudes.
Plans Reports do not show extents for servitudes. Any servitudes are referred to narratively within part 5 of the report.
Please note that the report will not comment on verbally described servitudes. It is the responsibility of the submitting parties to ensure such servitudes meet registration requirements.
Uploads
An increase in maximum document size from 20MB to 75MB for uploads with the ability to drag and drop.
The maximum document size is 75MB for uploads.
You can upload shapefiles/spatial data directly to the request, with the ability to view the plan within your request.
You do not have to send these via email.
There is no limitation on the number of documents you can upload on each request, however, if more than 5 deeds/plans are submitted/referred to additional charges may apply and you will be notified accordingly.
Invoicing
Invoices will be sent in a separate email directly to the email address linked to your FAS account. Invoices will be available to download from the portal. If you need to update your email address please contact: creditcontrol@ros.gov.uk
We use the Gov.uk Notify service to deliver customer invoices.
Find out more about the changes we’ve made to our invoicing process.
Continuations
Continuations can be requested directly using the link found below the downloadable report on your request.
If you need to contact the reports team in order to provide any additional documents not submitted originally you can contact the reports team directly at: reports@ros.gov.uk.
Read detailed guidance about reports.