Easement Surveys
Easements give someone legal rights over land they do not own. We survey the affected land, define the easement precisely, and prepare the documentation to create, vary or remove it.
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Authority Coordination
We work directly with councils, service authorities and solicitors so the definition on the plan matches what everyone agreed to.
Registration Ready
Plans prepared with the easement defined to the standard required for registration, not just drawn.
Across the Whole Project
Easements usually sit inside a subdivision or development. We handle both rather than treating them separately.
Rights Over Land That Is Not Yours
Easements are legal instruments, and vague ones cause real problems years after the project finishes.
Created During Subdivision
Most subdivisions need easements created for drainage, sewerage or access before the plan can be certified.
Development Changes What Runs Where
When a design moves a drain or a driveway, the existing easement no longer matches reality and has to be varied.
Building Over an Easement
Discovering an easement across your build site after design is well advanced is expensive. Authorities are rarely flexible about it.
Removing Redundant Easements
Infrastructure gets decommissioned but the easement stays on the title, restricting what can be built and affecting value.
How an Easement Survey Runs
The survey is straightforward. The coordination with everyone who has a say is the real work.
Review Title and Requirements
We review the title and confirm exactly what the easement needs to achieve and who has to approve it.
Survey the Affected Land
The land the easement runs over is surveyed so the definition is based on measurement rather than assumption.
Define the Easement
We define the location and extent precisely, in a form that can be registered against the title.
Documentation and Authority Coordination
We prepare the survey plans and supporting documentation, and coordinate with councils, authorities and consultants through the approval process.
What You Get at the End
Plans and documentation that satisfy the authority and the titles office.
Registration-Ready Plans
Easement survey plans with the easement defined for registration.
Supporting Documentation
The documentation required to create, vary or remove the easement, prepared for the relevant process.
Coordination Handled
We deal with the councils, authorities and consultants rather than passing that back to you.
Trusted By Businesses Across Australia
- Luke Vearing Construction Manager at Speedpro Civil
Speedpro has had the pleasure of working alongside Outright Surveying for over 10 years, and we are always thoroughly impressed with their level of expertise, professionalism, accuracy, and reliability.
- Rowan Bird Project Survey Manager at Seymour Whyte
I’ve been working with Outright Surveying on several projects. The team consistently deliver with reliable and easy to deal with Surveyors, making the projects run smoothly.
- Nevil Sabu Alex Construction Manager at John Holland
Outright Surveying has been my trusty surveying partner for close to a decade. The service I have received from their surveyors and management team has been second to none.
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Melbourne
Easement Survey Questions
It depends on the size of the affected land, the type of easement and how much authority coordination is required. A single drainage easement inside a two-lot subdivision is a small job. Varying several easements across a staged development is not. Send us the title and the proposal and we will quote it.
Drainage, sewerage, carriageway, access, service, party wall and other statutory easements. If it can be registered against a Victorian title, we can survey and define it.
In some cases yes, subject to approval from the relevant authority and the legal processes involved. It is most often possible where the infrastructure the easement served has been decommissioned or relocated. We can investigate and tell you whether it is realistic before you spend money on it.
Generally not without the authority's consent, and consent is not guaranteed. If an easement crosses your proposed build site, find out early. Redesigning at concept stage is cheap, redesigning after a permit application is not.
Most subdivisions need at least one, because drainage, sewerage or access frequently has to cross one lot to serve another. We identify what is required as part of the subdivision assessment rather than discovering it at certification.
Yes. We work across metro Melbourne, South West Victoria and Gippsland, and coordinate with the relevant regional water and council authorities.
Easement Surveys Across Melbourne and Victoria
What an Easement Is
An easement provides a legal right over land for a specific purpose. The most common are drainage, sewerage, carriageway and access, along with service, party wall and other statutory easements.
The land stays yours. What changes is that someone else, usually an authority or a neighbouring owner, has a defined right to use part of it, and you cannot build over it without approval.
Creating an Easement
New easements are usually created as part of a subdivision or development, where drainage, sewerage or access has to cross a lot to serve another.
The easement has to be surveyed and defined precisely, then approved by the relevant authority before the plan can be registered. Getting the definition right the first time avoids a round of requisitions.
Learn more about land subdivisionVarying an Easement
Designs change. When a development moves a drain, a driveway or a service run, the existing easement stops matching what is actually on the ground.
Varying it brings the title back in line with reality, which matters at sale and matters more when someone later wants to build near it.
Removing an Easement
In some cases an easement can be removed, subject to approval from the relevant authority and the associated legal process.
This usually comes up where infrastructure has been decommissioned or relocated and the easement is now restricting what can be built on the land. It is worth investigating before designing around a burden that may no longer need to exist.
Working With Everyone Involved
Easements sit at the intersection of survey, engineering, council policy and law. We work directly with engineers, councils, service authorities and solicitors so that the boundaries are accurately defined and the documentation reflects what has actually been agreed.
