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Please read this website's Legal Notice
Boundary Disputes: Free Statutory Materials
Some free statutory materials (Acts of Parliament/Statutes and Subordinate legislation/Statutory Instruments) parts of which are often cited in boundary disputes can be found at www.legislation.gov.uk :
Limitation Act 1980
Access to Neighbouring Land Act 1992
Party Wall etc Act 1996
Arbitration Act 1996
Land Registration Act 2002
Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003
Statutory Instruments
Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1985 (SI 1995/418)
Hedgerows Regulations 1997 (SI 1997/1160)
Land Registration Rules 2003 (SI 2003/1417)
High Hedges (Appeals) (Wales) Regulations 2004 (SI 2004/3240)
High Hedges (Appeals) (England) Regulations 2005 (SI 2005/711)
Online Map Resources (many of which are free)
On line map websites that may be of assistance in determining boundaries are available at:
Ordinance Survey: www.ordinancesurvey.co.uk
OS website: UK/oswebsite/freefun/outlinemaps/
Boundary Changes: www.opsi.gov.uk/stat/
National Parks:
Most national parks publish a map showing the extent of the part and ordinance survey maps of the area also show the boundaries for example:
Yorkshire Dales: www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/press/press-map.htm
Drainage Board Districts.
Many Drainage Boards include a map of the area where they cover on their websites.
Parishes & Administrative boundaries
There is a parish finder to identify the whereabouts of a named parish: www.parishfinder.uk.gid.com
www.england-in-particular.info.parishmaps/m-list.html
There are also a number of general maps available online showing parish boundaries in particular areas at specified dates, for example in London there is a detailed map which shows parish boundaries in 1870: http://archivemaps.com/mapco/parish04.htm
There are also some maps of some modern ecclesiastical parishes, for example Parbold Arch Diocese of Liverpool: www.ourladysparbold.org.uk/parish%20Boundaries.htm
Property boundaries
A copy of the title plan of a registered property is available to non-account customers from the Land Registry at
www.landregistry.gov.uk/wps/portal/property_/ps
However this is not an official copy which can only be obtained by submitting form C1 to the Registry by post.
Geographic features
Commons:
Maps are available of a number of areas of common land for example, Wimbledon and Putney, London, commons: www.wpcc.org/location.html
Rights of way
Some County Council and Unitary Authorities publish online versions of their definitive map of rights of way, although they do not have the authority of the paper version of the definitive map. For example,
www.geograph..org.uk/article/Definitive-maps-online
Forests
Maps of various forests are available giving different degrees of detail
For example, www.royalforestofdean.info/maps/index.shtml
Canals
There are two general maps of modern canals at:
www.jim-sheade.com/waterways/mwp@php?wpage=inland-waterways-of-England.htm
and
Environmental
Natural England
Hazards
www.bgs.ac.uk/britain-beneath/
http://noisemapping.defra.gov.uk/cara/wps/portal/noise/maps
Air Quality
www.londonair.org.uk/london/asp/default/asp
Light pollution
There are a series of regional maps showing the amount of light pollution at night based upon data for the year 2000, with comparative data from 1993 as published by the Council to Protect Rural England: www.cpre.org.uk
Radon
http://ukradon.org.uk/article.php/key=indicativemap
Minerals
General:
A general map of industrial mineral resources in Britain may be purchased from http://shop-bgs.ac.uk/bookshop/
Aggregate:
The British Geological Survey provide free maps at: www.bgs.ac.uk/mineralsuk/digital_maps/maps/home.html
Coal:
Maps providing a synopsis of areas of possible future developments and potential hazards due to past mining can be purchased from: http://shop.bgs.ac.uk/bookshop/
Water and drainage
Water quality
The Environment Agency publishes maps showing water quality according to the latest recorded data. These maps are available at: http://maps.environment-agency.gov.uk/wiyby/wiybyControl?ep=maptopics&land=_e
Supply areas
Some water companies supply free maps for example, Essex and Suffolk Water at http://ww.eswater.co.uk
Mains pipes and public sewers
Maps and old pipes and public sewers can be obtained in a number of areas, for example Severn and Trent provide details by ??? completing the request form at www.stwater.co.uk/upload/pdf/10524_records_request_v3.pdf.
Technology
A map of gas pipelines in the New Forest District is published at: www.nfdc.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=2622&articleaction=dispmedia&media=1740
Mobile phones
www.mobilephones.com/coverage.htm
Broadcasting
www.ukfree.tv/fullstory.php?storyid=1107051084
and
www.ukdigitalradio.com/coverage/postcodesearch/
Historical
Ordinance Survey
www.british-history.ac.uk/map.aspx
London
Inclosure maps
http://hds.essex.ac.uk/em/first.html
Tithe maps
For example: Bradford’s 1841 Tithe Map
www.freshford.com/past/1841_tithe_map_list.htm
Copies to buy