The title register is the written record: who owns the property, the tenure, the price paid, the mortgage, and any rights or restrictions. The title plan is the map showing the property's general extent. They are two separate documents and you buy them separately.
What you get, and what it costs on GOV.UK
| Document | What it tells you | Cost (direct from GOV.UK) |
|---|---|---|
| Free property summary | Address, property description, tenure, and whether the register notes restrictive covenants or easements | Free |
| Title register (download) | Registered owner, tenure, price paid, lender, covenants, easements, restrictions | £7 |
| Title plan (download) | The general boundary of the registered extent, drawn on an Ordnance Survey base | £7 |
| Official copy by post | The same document, issued as an official copy admissible in court | £11 per document |
The distinction that catches people out: a downloaded copy is fine for research and for satisfying your own curiosity, but where you need a document that a court or a lender will accept as an official copy, that is the £11 postal version.
Third-party sites resell these same documents at a markup. The data is identical because it comes from the same register — you are paying for a nicer wrapper.
Sources
Related
- Where does my property boundary actually run?
- How to find out who owns a property
- Getting title documents: GOV.UK direct vs resellers
- Property boundaries tool
Last reviewed: 2026-09-20. We check these against the linked official sources and re-date the page when they change.