If you're planning on building something new, changing the use of your building, or making significant changes to your building, you'll need to acquire planning permission.

If you're opening a new business which will sell alcohol or your current establishment has undergone changes, you'll need a premises licence floor plan. These to-scale drawings are an essential accompaniment to your licence application, necessary for local and responsible authorities for clarity, compliance, and safety. If you're unsure if your business requires a plan, we're here to help. In this post, we'll go through when and why a premises licence floor plan  is needed. W

From changing the demise of a leasehold property to deciding where your store's new shelving units will sit, you'll need a floor plan.

When buying a property, be it an investment property, a new family home or a space for your business to operate, you are certain to come across freehold and leasehold in the process.

If you are looking to open a business that sells and/or serves alcohol, then you need to apply for a premises licence.

If you let, manage, or own an HMO (House in Multiple Occupation), you need to be in possession of an HMO floor plan.

Some buildings are exempt from the usual EPC requirements, meaning the usual energy efficiency rules don't apply to them.

HMO licence applications require a floor plan because it helps the local council to assess the property's suitability as an HMO.

A scaled floor plan is a drawing of a building or room that has been created using a specific scale ratio.

EPC assessments are carried out by energy assessors who have specific qualifications to enable them to perform the assessment.

A title plan is an official document that provides a visual representation of a property...

An HMO floor plan is a drawing that shows the layout of a House in Multiple Occupation, with tenants typically in separate rooms or units.

Title plans are essential documents for all property transactions, but boundary problems can occur when the accuracy of them is taken as gos

If you're in need of a lease plan to submit to the Land Registry, it's important to ensure that it is produced by the right supplier....

Those who own their home, or other land, will likely have found that property ownership is full of legal terminology. One such phrase you may come across is 'deed of variation'. You may have been told that you need a deed of variation in line with changes being made to your property, so today we are taking a closer look at what it actually is, why you might find yourself needing one, and what this means for the documents involved. It's important to remember that you should al

An EPC is a necessary document both in property transactions and more generally in energy efficiency conversations relating to the...

Anyone who has bought or sold property in the UK will likely have come across the Land Registry. It's a record of the ownership of all land and property in the country, and is essential for understanding things like property ownership, planning conditions and listed building status. Lease Planners can help you put together a Land Registry compliant plan, but we are not part of the Land Registry. You can visit the official Land Registry website or search for land and property

Understanding the documentation involved in property transactions can be challenging, especially when you're not in the legal profession...

Choosing the right lease planning professional is one of the most important aspects of getting a lease plan. If your plan isn’t drawn up...

Title plans are an essential component in property ownership documentation - but what exactly are they? If you're not familiar with what's involved but you've been told that you need one, it's not unusual to have questions. We've been providing Land Registry title plans for many years and have come to understand all there is to know about this topic. We've rounded up some of the questions you might need answers for if you think you need a Land Registry title plan in our intr