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You can usually avoid having to create a boundary agreement by having an informal discussion with your neighbour.

Get help in solving disagreements

Use the to get advice on solving disagreements over boundaries.

What a boundary agreement can do

You and your neighbour can create a 鈥榖oundary agreement鈥� to record:

• the boundary between 2 properties
• who鈥檚 responsible for maintaining a hedge, wall, tree or fence between 2 properties

What a boundary agreement cannot do

You cannot use a boundary agreement to sell or give away part of your land to your neighbour.

Get legal advice if you want to make sure the boundary agreement is still valid after you or your neighbour sell your property.

What to include in a boundary agreement

Your boundary agreement must include:

• your name and address
• your neighbour鈥檚 name and address
• the date the agreement begins
• the boundary you鈥檝e agreed

You can include the boundary using:

• a written description
• a copy of an Ordnance Survey map - you can draw or write on it to show the boundary
• a map you鈥檝e drawn yourself

Example of a boundary agreement

鈥淏oundary Agreement

This agreement is made on 15th July 2017 between John Smith of 10 Acacia Avenue, title to which is registered under title number XX12345, and Mary Brown of 12 Acacia Avenue, title to which is registered under title number XX67891.

The parties agree that the legal boundary between the land within their respective registered titles, and running from the point marked 鈥楢鈥� to the point marked 鈥楤鈥� on the plan attached, is as shown by the red line drawn between those points.

Signed

[Witness (Signature, name and address)]

Signed

[Witness (Signature, name and address)]鈥�

Record your boundary agreement

Fill in an application to change the register (AP1).

In section 4 under 鈥楢pplications in priority order鈥�, write: 鈥淭o note a boundary agreement鈥�. Under 鈥楩ees paid (拢)鈥� write 鈥溌�40鈥�.

You don鈥檛 need to fill in sections 9 to 14.

You鈥檒l need to send:

• the completed AP1 form
• a copy of the boundary agreement
• a cheque or postal order for 拢40, payable to 鈥�HMLR鈥� or 鈥楬M Land Registry鈥�

Send the documents and fee to:

HM Land Registry will update the register for your property and send a copy of the updated register back to you. They鈥檒l do the same for your neighbour.