Site boundaries

mrsWhippy

Hi all,

The site we are planning to build on is surrounded by a hedge which is 2.5m thick in some places. Outside the hedge is county council green space (belongs to a housing estate, DLRCOCO). Hedge was planted by our family eons ago. Site has been with our family years before the housing estate was built.

My question is, how can I verify precisly where our site starts and ends .. can we consider the outer perimeter as being ours? The site is tight so from a planning perspective those 2.5m would make a huge difference.

Thanks

sydthebeat

any decent surveyor, engineer, technician can define your boundary from your land registry maps.

in general, where a fence, wall, hedge, drain etc marks a boundary, its usually the centre of this which is the line of the boundary.

mrsWhippy

sydthebeat wrote: »

any decent surveyor, engineer, technician can define your boundary from your land registry maps.

in general, where a fence, wall, hedge, drain etc marks a boundary, its usually the centre of this which is the line of the boundary.

Thanks. On prai.ie where you can get these maps, it says:

"The Land Registry operates a non-conclusive boundary system which means that the map does not indicate whether a boundary includes a hedge or wall or ditch etc. However, the physical features along which the boundaries run must be accurately identified."

Will these maps be enough for the engineer/surveyor to work with?

sydthebeat

Original maps, yes they will be.

Markcheese

Is there a fence or remains of a fence inside the hedge ? Probably on the councils side of the trunks -
What type of hedge is it ? - (white thorn ,leylandia ) because some plants if you cut them right back will grow again really quick, giving you your boundary, some will remain a horrible skeleton-

mrsWhippy

Markcheese wrote: »

Is there a fence or remains of a fence inside the hedge ? Probably on the councils side of the trunks -
What type of hedge is it ? - (white thorn ,leylandia ) because some plants if you cut them right back will grow again really quick, giving you your boundary, some will remain a horrible skeleton-

Just found out there is the remains of a fence inside the hedge. No clue what it is though! Thanks

irishmover

It typically says on your deeds/title what occupies the boundary. I.e. the centre of the hedge. The fenceline. Face of hedge etc.

If you can I suggest looking at these.

As a side note, PRAI is currently a big waste of time. 6 years it took them to make everything digital and all these maps are is index/identification maps. Useless for accurate boundary locating.

Ireland's cadastral system needs a giant overhaul to get the country in order. Some interesting papers my old lecturer has submitted to government outlaying how big of a problem this is in Irish society. Looks like they'll just fling it aside though instead of addressing the issue.

Markcheese

Do you need planning permission or even consent from the neighbour to remove a party hedge? Even if it planted on your side of the old fence line ?
Might be worth having a chat with neighbours and whoever is the park fore man , could be just a case of drive on ..!!
Especially since you have your boundary line In the old fence -