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Surveyors prepare the survey plans that are lodged to Land Services for new Certificates of Title to be issued. Surveyors
coordinate the land division process on your behalf and deal directly with all government authorities. A Conveyancer
prepares and lodges the appropriate documentation at Land Services for new Certificates of Title to be issued. The
Conveyancer will deal directly with the banks on your behalf.
Surveying generally depends on the type of development or reason for survey. Land surveying involves measuring and
determining property boundaries. Property boundaries are the basis for all property transactions, including buying,
selling, mortgaging, leasing and developing. Boundary surveys identify the allotment and establish ownership. When
building or renovating, additional surveying may be required such as contours and detail of the land. In cadastral
surveying, boundaries are identified between neighbours and can include items such as easements.
A section of land registered on your Certificate of Title, which gives someone the right to use the land for a specific
purpose even though they are not the land owner.
Performance Assessed land divisions will take approximately 4-6 months from lodging the initial application, until new
Certificates of Title are issued. Each Council can vary, along with assessment pathways and other government
authorities who receive referrals as part of the assessment process.
The introduction of the Planning, Development and Infrastructure Act 2016; brought about the largest reform of South
Australia’s planning and development system in over 20 years, including a state-wide digital ePlanning platform, PlanSA.
This system is set out by legislation and supported by a suite of statutory instruments and schemes. The State Planning
Commission is the state’s principal development assessment and planning advisory body, the primary decision-makers
and experts drive PlanSA along with relevant authorities such as individual Councils, that grant approval to development.
The Planning and Design Code sets out a comprehensive set of policies, rules and classifications that apply to property
development and assessment.
Overlays guide specific types of development and can apply to one zone or area, they are used to apply planning policies
such as Significant & Regulated Trees, Native Vegetation and Site Contamination. Specialised and expert assessment
may be required on these matters.
Zones and Subzones are primary spatial layers in the Code and provide guidance on particular types of development.
Technical & Numeric Variations (TNVs) are mapped in the Code and contain quantitative or numerical information that
applies to specific areas.
The South Australian Property & Planning Atlas (SAPPA) assists with identifying property and the policies applicable.
A significant tree is a regulated tree that has a trunk circumference of 2 metres measured at a point 1.0 metre above
natural ground level. (For trees with multiple trunks, a total circumference of 2.0 metres or more and an average
circumference of 625 mm or more measured at a point 1.0 metre above natural ground level) or any tree identified as
significant in Part 10 of the Code.
Any tree within the regulated and significant tree Overlay in the Code with a trunk circumference of 1 metre or more
measured point 1.0 metre above natural ground level, (or in the case of trees with multiple trunks, those with trunks a
total circumference of 1.0 metre or more and an average circumference of 310 mm or more measured at a point 1.0
metre above natural ground level), or any tree identified as significant in Part 10 of the Code.
Subject to a few exceptions, the Act provides that any activity that damages a ‘regulated tree’ is development and
requires development approval. Specifically, removal, killing or destruction, branch or limb lopping, ringbarking or
topping, or any other substantial damage to a regulated tree, including its root system.
A Torrens Title is an independent title with no shared facilities or infrastructure. Whereas a Community Title will have
some shared facilities and these are to be maintained by all involved in the Community Corporation and frequent
contributions are made into a joint fund for the up keeping of such shared facilities.
Meaning your Title is a part of a Community Corporation and there may be some common interests including a common
area, common infrastructure etc,.
Is two dwellings erected side by side, joined together. Different Council regulations apply to the size of these types of
allotments. Most courtyard homes are semi-detached.
This is a monetary contribution payable to the “Development Assessment Commission” and requires developers of new
allotments to pay a fee in to the Planning & Development Fund.
If the proposed allotments exceed 1 hectare in area, Open Space is not payable if the developer provides open space/ a
reserve as part of their land division, (this is mainly in major subdivisions creating numerous allotments) where at least
12.5% of the land must be set aside for community use.
SA Water will investigate if connections are available and help to determine the water, wastewater, and recycled water
infrastructure needed to support new residential, commercial, or industrial allotments.
As the developer creating those allotments you will pay the costs of constructing this infrastructure. Designs, Invoicing
and Terms & Conditions will be provided.
In some areas, water supply and or wastewater systems operate at near or full capacity. As further development impacts
on infrastructure: each developer (seeking to create additional allotments) in an approved Augmentation area is required
to contribute towards the upgrade of the water supply and or wastewater system.
A Community Waste Management Scheme (CWMS) is a system designed to collect, treat, re-use and/or dispose of
primary treated effluent from septic tanks on individual properties. The collection system is a network of pipes and
pumping stations which transport the effluent from the septic tanks to the treatment site. Local government currently
operates 175 Community Wastewater Management Systems (CWMS) in 50 councils throughout the state. Connection
requirements will be assessed as a part of the development application.