Transcript Leon Wilson, City of Melbourne

Click to edit Master title style
Click to edit Master subtitle style
The Alignment of Melbourne's
Laneways
‘MCC Alignments’
The Institution of Surveyors Victoria
2014 Surveying Expo – 25th July
Leon Wilson
DM #8637271
MCC
Click to edit Master
titleAlignments
style
Click to edit Master subtitle style
Melbourne City Council’s adopted
alignments define Council’s consideration of
the extents of the lanes and streets that are
under Council’s care and management
Public
Highways
http://maps.melbourne.vic.gov.au/
MCC
Click to edit Master
titleAlignments
style
Click to edit Master subtitle style
Council’s City Engineer was first called the
City Surveyor
in Melbourne’s early development, they had powers
under old NSW based legislation, to set the alignments
of streets the same as the Surveyor General
MCC
Click to edit Master
titleAlignments
style
Click to edit Master subtitle style
MCC
Click to edit Master
titleAlignments
style
Click to edit Master subtitle style
Council’s intention in determining and
maintaining the alignments was to document
the extents of the public highways and to
reduce the likelihood of building
encroachments occurring onto the public
highways. The Titles Office practice, based
on decades of involvement, is to accept
Council’s alignments providing significant
discrepancies do not occur against title.
“Melbourne City Council Alignment Vide Application No.---"
MCC
Click to edit Master
titleAlignments
style
Click to edit Master subtitle style
Timeline
1915 Building Branch began examining all Building
Applications
1918 Survey Branch requested to provide alignments
of streets before building or fencing approval
MCC
Click to edit Master
titleAlignments
style
Click to edit Master subtitle style
Method of setting alignment
Council considered the effects on:
• application and title re-establishments,
with an emphasis and priority on title
frontages
• title depths and road widths
• street block excess or deficiency
• occupation
• constructed road boundaries
MCC
Click to edit Master
titleAlignments
style
Click to edit Master subtitle style
Information used
• in the order of 200 survey field books of
alignment surveys for virtually all building
approvals issued in the municipality until
the early 1990’s
Click to edit Master title style
Click to edit Master subtitle style
MCC
Click to edit Master
titleAlignments
style
Click to edit Master subtitle style
• thousands of worksheets and
miscellaneous plans prepared by
consulting surveyors that have not been
registered at the Titles Office
MCC
Click to edit Master
titleAlignments
style
Click to edit Master subtitle style
Index plan for field note bags
MCC
Click to edit Master
titleAlignments
style
Click to edit Master subtitle style
• lane and road construction records
showing the relocation of many kerbs
• building plans and records, including
construction dates, that can assist
application and alignment reestablishment
MCC
Click to edit Master
titleAlignments
style
Click to edit Master subtitle style
Tips for re-establishment of alignments
• Do not assume that a title connection is to
a Council alignment
• Old kerb widths may have moved
• Use old building corners for reference
marks
• Describe and measure to
all parts of a building corner
• Describe tiles on walls
MCC
Click to edit Master
titleAlignments
style
Click to edit Master subtitle style
Timeline
1915 Building Branch began examining all
Building Applications
1918 Survey Branch requested to provide
alignments of streets before building or
fencing approval
1986 Land Survey reduced field work and
only provide alignment quote
1993 Quotes only provided for Hoddle Grid
2000 Quotation of alignments cease
MCC
Click to edit Master
titleAlignments
style
Click to edit Master subtitle style
Images of alignment quotes
MCC
Click to edit Master
titleAlignments
style
Click to edit Master subtitle style
MCC
Click to edit Master
titleAlignments
style
Click to edit Master subtitle style
Risk
The erection of a building onto a public
highway could lead to:
• litigation against all parties, including the
private land surveyor
• demolition of all or parts of the works
• considerable time delays to projects
• excessive costs to many persons
• loss of professional standing for consulting
surveyors
MCC
Click to edit Master
titleAlignments
style
Click to edit Master subtitle style
Council has the power to fix the alignment of
a road pursuant to clause 7 of Schedule 10 of
the Local Government Act 1989. This must
be by notice published in the Government
Gazette and must follow the approval of the
Surveyor-General and/or the Surveyor and
Chief Draftsman in the Titles Office, as
applicable.
MCC
Click to edit Master
titleAlignments
style
Click to edit Master subtitle style
MCC
Click to edit Master
titleAlignments
style
Click to edit Master subtitle style
Development Permit Conditions
The title boundaries for the property may not
exactly agree with the road alignments of the
abutting Council public lanes. The approved
works must not result in structures that
encroach onto any Council lane.
Any intrusion of title over any abutting
Council road will require that the subject land
to be shown on a plan of subdivision as a
road to vest in Council on registration of the
plan
MCC
Click to edit Master
titleAlignments
style
Click to edit Master subtitle style
Subdivision Permit Condition
The certified plan must when based on recent
survey dimensions be accompanied by a
copy of the Abstract of Field Records and
Surveyors report. Any substantial intrusion of
title over any abutting Council road will
require that the subject land be shown on the
certified plan as a road to vest in Council on
registration of the plan.
MCC
Click to edit Master
titleAlignments
style
Click to edit Master subtitle style
Splay corner issues
Bluestone on title which
forms part of the road
MCC
Click to edit Master
titleAlignments
style
Click to edit Master subtitle style
Another example
MCC
Click to edit Master
titleAlignments
style
Click to edit Master subtitle style
What happens in the future?
Access has ceased altogether today
due to more staff reductions
Options: • Archive at PROV
• Available through Land Victoria
• Available through ISV or ACSV
MCC
Click to edit Master
titleAlignments
style
Click to edit Master subtitle style
Aim: to define the extent of roads verse private land
Create Good Title
for the Future
Questions?
Contact: - [email protected]