Land Registry Map for Swords Properties in County Dublin

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

Seeing a modern estate plot
A Swords estate plot is mapped as the ground was laid out, and the plan shows the registered extent against the neighbouring plots.
An estate plot here is closely and recently mapped.

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 Swords 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.

Swords lies in the administrative county of Fingal, part of the historic County Dublin, and its title plans reflect a place that has changed from village to major town within living memory.

Around an older core near Dublin Airport, decades of estate-building have added extensive modern housing, so most plans here are of house plots and apartment curtilages mapped closely as the estates were built. Beyond the built-up edge a fringe of farmland remains, mapped on older surveys, and toward the water the ground runs to the Broadmeadow estuary.

Compulsory first registration reached County Dublin only on 1 June 2011, so a great deal of older housing came onto the register comparatively recently and some may still be unregistered, with no title plan to copy. Where a property is registered, the plan shows the extent as it was laid out.

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 Swords 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. Ordered from an address and delivered electronically, it is the quickest and cheapest way to see the registered extent before deciding anything further.

A Land Registry Map shows the registered extent of a Swords 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 exact line of a boundary fence, the position of a shared access, 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 Swords 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.