This hands-on workshop is designed to help professionals confidently interpret and apply legal survey plans, empowering them to prevent common and costly issues such as misinterpreted boundaries, undisclosed easements or other title documents, and encroachment problems.
A legal Survey Plan or Plan of Survey (Plan) is a specialized and certified document in the field of real estate and land development. It serves as a detailed map that delineates
the boundaries, dimensions, legal interests and topographical features of a parcel of land.
Understanding a legal survey plan is crucial for real estate professionals, land and property developers, architects, engineers and private landowners to ensure that property transactions and developments adhere to legal requirements, that there are no hidden legal interests within and grasping an overall view of the current site conditions above and below grade.
Through theoretical instruction and practical exercises, attendees will develop a comprehensive understanding of the various components of a survey plan, its importance and applications in the real estate and property development industries.
Highlights:
- Acknowledging the role of an Ontario Land Surveyor in real estate and land development projects by defining the profession and licensing process
- Identify the appropriate type of plan needed for a project, by understanding the various common types of Plans that a Surveyor can produce
- Understanding how to read a Plan of Survey by identifying and expanding on all components within
- Verifying the authenticity and accuracy of a Plan of Survey by understanding the components and purpose of the Surveyor’s Certificate and Report
- Grasping how to use a Plan by showing real world examples