Land Registry Map for Registered Land in County Cavan

A Land Registry Map shows the registered extent of a property in County Cavan 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. Whether an intricate drumlin boundary matches the ground, the water’s edge of a lakeside holding, and anything across the State border all fall outside what the map records.

The mapping question in Cavan is shaped by the place itself: drumlin country dense with small lakes, where holdings are small, irregular and often scattered, with small farms across several parcels, lakeside sites and township housing making up most of the register.

Holdings frequently span several folios, and land has often passed within families without dealings being lodged, so establishing which registered parcel a plan relates to – and whether the holding runs to more than one – is frequently the substantive part of the work rather than a preliminary to it.

Two features affect Cavan boundaries in particular. The first is lake frontage and fishing rights, which appear as burdens rather than as mapped ground. The second is the Northern Ireland frontier, where holdings extending across the line fall under a separate registration system. Because registration operates on general boundaries, the plan records these approximately; it does not resolve them.

Much of the land came onto the register through reform, and on small drumlin holdings a boundary can follow a feature that has changed. On some older ground there is no title plan to copy at all, the title resting in deeds.

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 County Cavan 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.

delivered electronically within 24 hours

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 property in County Cavan 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.