Digital survey plans: discussion paper released
NSW is transitioning from paper to digital survey plans, and we're inviting you to have your say. A discussion paper has been released on the NSW Government’s “Have Your Say” website, outlining proposed changes required to transition from paper to digital survey plans in NSW.
Discussion paper - transitioning from paper to digital survey plans
The proposed changes will involve many industry professionals and other stakeholders who interact with NSW deposited and strata plans. The proposed changes include:
- new online services to make it easier for surveyors to prepare digital survey plans and associated documents, while reducing the risk of errors
- establishing a single point of truth for surveyor certified plans, ensuring all contributing, reviewing and consenting parties have access to the same information
- moving to 100% online lodgment of plans
- linking up NSW Land Registry Services (NSW LRS) Connect and the NSW Planning Portal to streamline the subdivision and strata certificate application process
- introduction of simplified Lot Diagrams to make it easier for non-surveyors to interpret property boundary information
- a new digital plan examination process and a framework for digital survey plan data to be considered the legal point of truth.
The proposed changes are significant and will involve modernising most stages of the plan creation to registration process.
Your input is needed to ensure the transition to digital plans is a success. Submissions can be made either by email, post or using the online survey on the Have Your Say website.
Submissions have been extended until 4pm 8 October 2021.
If you have any questions on the discussion paper, please email [email protected].
*Page updated 27 September 2021