Agreement to occupy a road

Your name*

Your address*

Home phone*

Mobile*

Email*

Address or location of the encroachment*

Describe the nature of the proposed encroachment and its purpose*

Please provide the reasons the encroachment cannot occur within your own land boundaries*

Is public access affected by the encroachment?*

Where the application is for pipes under the road, please indicate the proposed pipe depth and operating pressure of the pipe if pressurised

Consultation with affected parties: Written consent from affected parties, including adjoining landowners, is desirable if the road on which the encroachment is situated provides legal frontage to other land. Please comment:

Evidence supplied checklist

Occupation plan prepared by a registered surveyor (preferred - see notes 1 and 2 below)

GPS coordinates of the encroachment (preferred - see notes 1 and 2 below)

Aerial photos - showing the location of the encroachment

Photos of the site showing, where relevant, continued public access to the site

Record of Title - the applicant confirms they are the legal owner of the property adjoining the land - copy attached

Copies of written consents of affected parties (see note 3 below)

Credit check - the applicant agrees to the Council undertaking a credit check

Application fee

Notes:

1. Applicants must supply evidence of the extent of the encroachment. If your encroachment is a long term one, the evidence you supply should include an occupation plan prepared by a registered surveyor. If the encroachment is underground, GPS coordinates are also required. However, if your application is for a short term occupation agreement, we will accept plans based solely on aerial photographs, i.e. without a surveyor's occupation plan. If you supply a plan based solely on aerial phogoraphy, the Council will not accept liability if the area of the encroachment is later confirmed by a survey to be less than was estimated, or it is not an encroachment onto a legal road.

2. If your encroachment is a long term one, an occupation plan prepared by a registered surveyor is mandatory to enable the registration of the encroachment on the adjacent land title. For short term occupation applications, a surveyor's occupation plan may not be neccessary.

3. If there are other landowners/neighbours who may potentially be affected but will not provide consent, please provide an explanation here:

By checking this box you confirm that all of the information contained in this application is, to the best of your knowledge, true and correct.*

You agree to pay all costs associated with the Council authorising the encroachment, should the application be successful. Please see the information sheet at the top of the page for further explanation of fees and rents.*

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