{"id":835,"date":"2020-05-20T16:07:22","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T06:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abkj.com.au\/articles\/?p=835"},"modified":"2025-06-06T13:19:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T03:19:43","slug":"do-you-know-how-to-read-the-survey-plan-for-your-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abkj.com.au\/articles\/do-you-know-how-to-read-the-survey-plan-for-your-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you know how to read the survey plan for your scheme?"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

I recently became aware of a body corporate that was pursuing bylaw contravention action against an owner. It was alleged that the owner had made unauthorised modifications to common property, and further that the owner had placed decorative items, such as pots and\u00a0other items, on that common property.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The area in question was a ground floor courtyard. The body corporate had assumed that, because the area was outside, it wasn\u2019t part of the lot.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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The problem from the body corporate\u2019s perspective was that, upon inspection of the survey plan for the scheme, it was apparent that the area in question, although outside, was part of the lot. It was not common property.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

That sort of experience underlines the importance of parties in a community title scheme being able to read and understand the survey plan for the scheme.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Read through more of our\u00a0articles on Body Corporate Law<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

How to read the survey plan for a scheme<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

When a new scheme comes into existence, a document called a survey plan is registered with the Land Registry. The survey plan defines the lots in the scheme and the common property in the scheme.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

There are three types of survey plan in Queensland, being:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n