A Survey Plan is a legal document that shows the description of land. It is a very important document and should be treated as such. It is required for almost all land transactions.Only Registered Surveyors are qualified to prepare Survey Plans.
In most cases it’s just a one page document but it has a lot of uses.
Some uses of a Survey Plan include:
(1) Buy or sell property
(2) It is needed by lawyers for their work (Deed of Assignment etc.)
(3) To obtain Land Information Certificate
(4) To obtain a Governor’s Consent
(5) To obtain a Certificate of Occupancy (C of O)
(6) Architects need it for their work
(7) Engineers need it for their work
(8) Banks need it when you want to obtain a loan using your property
(9) Mortgage firms need it.
(10)You need it when you want to give your property away as a gift