Land Registry Map for Kinsale Properties in County Cork

Checking the registered extent before buying
Seeing what the title plan records as the extent of a Kinsale property, before an offer, is the ordinary first use of the map.

Seeing a waterfront extent
Where a Kinsale property runs to the harbour, the map shows the registered edge to the high water mark, not the water beyond.
The plan stops at the high water mark on the waterfront.

Understanding a mapped right of way
Where a right of way is shown graphically on the plan, the map lets you see where it runs, though its terms are read from the instrument.

Seeing how a boundary relates to a neighbour
The map shows the registered parcel against the adjoining ones, which is where a boundary question usually starts.

Preparing to sell
Owners view the title plan before listing to confirm the registered extent matches what they believe they are selling.

Confirming the plan reference for a folio
The map ties the folio to the ground by its plan reference, which later orders rely on.

Deciding whether a certified plan is needed
Seeing the ordinary map first shows whether a certified copy under seal is the document actually required.

Recording the extent before works or a division
An electronic copy of the plan captures what the register showed before anything changes.

Checking adjoining or recently divided parcels
Where a plot has been split, the map shows how the registered parcels now sit against each other.

Deciding whether a certified copy is needed
Seeing what the title plan shows for a Kinsale property first is the cheapest way to decide whether an ordinary map is enough or a certified plan under seal is the document actually required.

Recording the position before something changes
Where works, a sale or a division are in prospect, an electronic copy of the registered plan shows what the register recorded beforehand, which is frequently worth having later.

Kinsale is a harbour town at the mouth of the Bandon, and its title plans reflect a dense old core and a working waterfront.

The medieval streets are narrow and winding, so the registered extents in the core are small, irregular and closely packed, and the map shows one plot against its neighbours in a pattern a street address alone cannot convey. Later terraces and modern estates on the slopes above open into more regular plots. Where a property runs to the inner harbour or the coast, the registered extent is mapped to the high water mark, and the foreshore beyond is State ground the plan does not cover.

Because Cork came under compulsory registration only in 2011, some older Kinsale property may be unregistered, with no title plan to copy. Where it is registered, the plan shows the extent as the survey found it.

Running through all of it is the general boundaries rule. However closely the plan appears to be drawn, the register is not conclusive as to where a boundary legally falls, and the title map shows approximately where a division runs rather than fixing it. A Land Registry Map for Kinsale is authoritative as to the registered extent, and it is the right document for seeing and understanding that extent — but where the same plan has to be produced under seal to a planning authority, a lender or a court, the Certified Map is what carries that weight. The ordinary map is for information; the certified one is for proof, and knowing which a given situation needs is frequently the most useful thing the map settles. Ordering the ordinary map first, rather than a certified plan by default, keeps the cost proportionate to the question — and where the certified plan does turn out to be needed, the map has already shown exactly what it will contain.

A Land Registry Map shows the registered extent of a Kinsale property as the register records it, for information. It does not certify the plan under seal, which needs the Certified Map; fix the exact boundary line, which the general boundaries rule places outside the register; show who owns the land or the terms of a burden, which need the folio and the instrument; or cover land that has never been registered. The foreshore beyond the high water mark, the exact line of a boundary in the old core, and planning history all fall outside what the map records.

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The Land Registry Map is supplied as an electronic copy, sent to the email address you provide, so nothing waits on the post. Each map is checked against the property you described before it is sent out.

Where a Kinsale property cannot be identified from the details supplied, or the land proves to be unregistered so that no title plan exists, we contact you rather than sending something that does not answer your question.