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Purpose Statement

The Surveying and Land Information Department is committed to the provision of an effective cadastral, engineering and sectional title surveying service, together with the capture, maintenance and dissemination of land legal, land technical and land acquisition information and advice, thus facilitating planning and development within the eThekwini Municipality.

These are the activities carried out by the department:

• Land Surveyors frame diagrams which are attached to Property Title Deeds.
• GIS data is used to create survey instruction plans.
• Detail surveys are required for the design of roads, services, buildings etc and for the redesign and upgrading of the city
  
• The picture shows survey field staff using GPS equipment at Shongweni)
• Click on the links to see detail surveys of an inner city area, a drainage problem and a river crossing.

• Handplans are used as documents for land negotiations and as references for cadastral surveys.
  

• Click here to see one of these plans.