How Long Does a Lease Plan Take?
Most lease plans are completed within 3–5 working days. Here is what happens at each stage, and how to speed things up when you are on a deadline.
The typical timeline
Most lease plans are completed within 3–5 working days from instruction. After the site survey we aim to email a draft PDF within 48 hours where possible. Once you approve the draft, scaled hard copies are printed and posted, usually arriving within a couple of days.
What affects the timeline
The main variables are survey access and complexity. Arranging access to the property is often the longest step, so booking the survey promptly helps. Large or complex properties — multi-let commercial buildings, estates with several units — take longer to measure and draw than a single flat.
If you can supply accurate, scaled drawings, we may be able to produce the plan without a survey, which removes the access step and shortens the timeline considerably.
The urgent service
When you have a tight exchange or registration deadline, an urgent service is available for an additional fee, subject to survey availability. This prioritises your plan through production so it can be turned around faster than the standard timeline.
Avoiding delays from rejection
The biggest hidden delay is a rejected plan, which can add weeks while a requisition is resolved. Using a compliant, first-time-accepted plan is the surest way to keep the overall transaction on schedule.
Need a lease plan?
We produce Land Registry compliant lease plans across England and Wales. Send us the property details for a fixed-price quote.