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Commonly Used Surveying and Planning Terms Defined

As with many professions, there are a number of commonly used terms used in surveying and planning. To help you understand these we have provided definitions to the most commonly used terms. For more definitions, please check the website See How The Land Lies. Please select from the following list below:

A   B   C   D   E   F   H   L   N   O   P   R   S   T   U   V   W

A

N

Advice Note

Non-complying activity

Affected Persons Approval

Non-notified application

Amalgamation Condition

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Amalgamation Covenant

  

Assessment of Environmental Effects (AEE)

O

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Object (to a condition)

 

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B

  

Boma Survey

P

Boundary Adjustment

permitted activity

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Pre-hearing meeting

 

prohibited activity

C

Publicly-notified application

Cadastral Dataset

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Certificate of Compliance

 

Certificate of Title

R

Coastal permit

Redefinition Survey

Compiled Plan

Resource consent

Computed Plan

Restricted coastal activity

Consent notice

restricted discretionary activity

Controlled activity

Right of Way

Covenant

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Cross lease (Flat Plans)

 

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S

 

Scheme Plan

D

Section 92 Request

Deposited Plan or DP

Section 223 Certificate

Designation

Section 224c Certificate

Development Contribution

Section 226 application

Discharge

Section 348 certificate

Discharge permit

Servient Tenement

Discretionary activity

Subdivision consent

Discretionary Restricted Activity

Submission

Dominant Tenement

Survey Approval

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Survey Office Plan

 

Survey plan

E

Survey Report

Easement

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Easement Certificate

  

Easement in Gross

T

Easement Plan

Title Plan

Esplanade reserve

Topographical Survey

Esplanade strip

Transfer Document

existing use certificate

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U

H

Unit plan or Unit Title

Headworks Fee

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Hydrographic Survey

  

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V
 

Variation

L

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Land Information New Zealand (LINZ)

 

Land Transfer Plan or LT

W

Land use consent

Water permit

Lease Plan

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Licensed Cadastral Surveyor

 

Limited as to Parcels

 

Limited as to Title

 

Limited-notified application

 

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