Green edging on plan

[horselady]

Hi
Does anyone know what it means if some land is edged in green on a site plan? The house and some land is edged red and then there is green edging around some of that part plus an extra bit going out on to the road. Is it perhaps something to do with access rights? Can't find any info anywhere.

[buildersmate]

It ties back to the land title description or (maybe) to restrictions or rights associated with the land. Have a look at the words of this part of the LR document and it should say 'land edged in red' and 'land edged in green' around some aspect of the title description.

[horselady]

Thank you. It was on a site plan I copied from LR website and there is no wording or description, I just got the plan. It edges our place and the driveway in red with a green line on half of our red bit and carrying on out to the road, our red line also carries on out to the road.This stems from the house owner whose house lies along a drive behind our rented bungalow, commenting that he owns the whole of the driveway that is shared by four properties and that he has the right to say that no commercial vehicles are allowed to use the access. I assume the green line must be his bit then. My husband drives a transit and we cleared that with our landlord before we took the tenancy and were assured there was absolutely no problem. I think if he mentions it again I shall ask our landlord, who lives a few miles away to have a word with him and clarify this. We've been here a year, he may just be making a point but it's a bit annoying, it's made us uneasy.

[buildersmate]

Your anlaysis is probably correct, but to be sure you need to invest another �3 in downloading the property title for your house - this is the 'other bit' that ties back to the Title Plan. That will tell you what the meaning of the coloured edged parts of the land means.
The Title will include a right to pass/repass up and down this part of the land, and it may specify what sorts of the vehicle can use it. It is possible that it might specify only motor cars, but I think that would be pretty unusual (because how the hell are you supposed to get deliveries up there, and what about the dustcart?). It depends entirely on how the thing was drafted.

[horselady]

Thank you. Yes I will obtain the property title to see whether that makes it clearer.

The dustcart doesn't come in to the driveway, we have to take our wheelie-bins to the pavement outside, but as you say, there are other delivery vehicles. I think he was just showing off that he owns the access rights, his house is much newer than the bungalow we are in, how strange that our landlord sold him that bit of land and also sold him access rights, it could always cause problems for any tenants where we are.