Prior to the introduction of digital mapping, Land Registry detail was drawn manually on a series of paper copies of Ordnance Survey maps known collectively as the registry map.
Landweb direct allows users to view the layers holding Land Registry and OSNI data together and to mix and match them. When the Land Registry map loads, the following layers and labels are shown by default:
OSNI Layers
- Building (e.g. Communal Buildings, General Buildings etc)
- Parcel (e.g. Boundaries, Extents, Parameters etc)
- Legal/Administrative (e.g. Local Government District Boundaries)
- Symbol (e.g. Trees, Churches etc)
- Misc (Miscellaneous data, a 'catch all' layer holding OSNI map data that does not fit into any of the other layers)
- Text (e.g. House Numbers, Mereings, Road Names etc)
- Other (e.g. Communication Features, Roads, Rail, Water etc)
Land Registry Layers
- Freehold (boundaries representing Folios in the Register of Freehold Title)
- Leasehold (boundaries representing Folios in the Register of Leasehold Title)
- Encumbrance (e.g. Rights of Way, Septic Tanks, Pipelines etc.)
- Information (e.g. Supplementary Maps, Registrar's Orders, Cautions against First Registration etc.)
- Text (text as referred to in Folios, labelling rights or easements e.g. for a pipeline lettered A,B)
In some cases, one object may lie directly beneath another and be hidden by it. For example, a piece of land may be held as a freehold entry and as a leasehold, and the order in which these layers are applied to the map will vary. If you want to view a number of objects on the same map, more information may be obtained by selecting the options one at a time and examining the layers individually. To find out all the objects present at a particular point use the 'Find Objects' option
Using the object list to view objects at a point / within an area
• Use the Find Objects map menu to find objects at a point on the map or to find objects within an area you select.
• Selecting ‘Find objects at a point on the map’ hides the menu and displays a blue cursor:
Clicking on the map then displays a count of objects at the selected point, and a link to view a list of objects:
• Selecting ‘Find objects within an area on the map’ hides the menu and displays a blue cursor:
Clicking on the map begins the highlight task. Drag the mouse to create a rectangle and click again to complete the area:
When the box is complete, a count of objects within the area is shown, with a link to view a list of objects
Viewing Statutory Charge objects on a map
• Use the Find Objects map menu and select the option to ‘Switch to Statutory Charges map view’.
You will be taken to the Checkout screen to pay for the Statutory Charges map covering the current set of four tiles (or one large tile).
Limitations of the Map
The Land Registry layers in the electronic map were created by a process of overlaying and referencing scanned images of the registry paper map on to the electronic OS map and digitising the Land Registry boundaries. The paper registry map and the OS digital map were referenced to each other using OS features common to both maps. In some instances, where the registry map had not been kept up to date with OS revisions, the referencing process highlighted differences between OSNI data on the paper registry map and OSNI data on the digital map. In these circumstances, referencing was completed on a best-fit basis within an agreed tolerance. As a result, some Land Registry boundaries which had been coincident with OS features on the paper maps now appear in Landweb direct to be offset from the OSNI digital map features.
Similarly, in the future, when OSNI supply a revised version of a map tile to Land Registers, the Land Registry digital boundaries coincident with the existing OSNI digital features may also become offset from the new OSNI digital features. In effect, this means that Land Registry boundaries may only accurately reflect their relationship with OSNI Features at the time of their first registration and against the particular version of the OSNI map in use at that time.