Surveying and Mapping (L1C)

Question 1

What is required for a plan to be Land Registry compliant?

Answer 1

• Accurately drawn to stated scale - preferred scales are:
  a. 1:1250 - 1:500 for urban properties
  b. 1:2500 for rural properties (fields and farms etc)
• Shows its orientation (has north point)
• Shows sufficient detail to be identified on Ordnance Survey map
• Includes scale bar
• Key
• Title number
• Copyright
• Red line (inside boundary)
• Date
• Address
• Based on scale of metric measurement

Question 2

What scale would a room plan typically be?

Answer 2

1:50

Question 3

What scale would a building plan be?

Answer 3

1:100

Question 4

What scale would a street/location plan be?

Answer 4

1:1250

Question 5

What scale would a location plan be?

Answer 5

1:2500

Question 6

What software do you use to make plans?

Answer 6

Promap

Question 7

What would you use for reviewing planning policy?

Answer 7

Usually LandInsight, but I could use maps from the Environment Agency to assess flooding likelihood & Historic England maps to identify any listed buildings on or in the vicinity of a site.

Question 8

What does a Land Registry Title Register tell you?

Answer 8

1. Owner
2. Address
3. Date of purchase
4. Tenure
5. Boundaries
6. Price paid (after 2000)
7. Rights of way / restrictions / covenants

Question 9

What is title indemnity insurance?

Answer 9

• Protects a party from claims arising from the title

Includes:

1. Title defects
2. Restrictive covenants
3. Easements

Question 10

Name some OS map symbols

Answer 10

• LB = letterbox
• PH = public house
• TCB = telephone call box
• ETL = Electrical Transmission Line
• ‘+4.3’ = 4.3m above sea level

Question 11

What is the most accurate way to measure a piece of land?

Answer 11

Topographical survey undertaken on the land.

Question 12

How often should you have your laser measuring device sent away

Answer 12

• Once a year, but make sure accurate every time use it.