Torrens Title
A Torrens Title is the creation of new allotment(s) from an existing allotment. Torrens Title Subdivisions are usually created so that each of the new allotments can be owned as freehold land.
Boundary Adjustments
A Boundary Adjustment or Boundary Alteration is the alteration of a boundary between adjoining properties.
Please note minor boundary adjustments may not require development consent. The State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008 identifies those boundary adjustments which are exempt developments.
Strata Title
A Strata Title is commonly used for apartment buildings, commercial and industrial developments. The boundaries of the lots in a strata plan are defined by permanent structures such as walls.
Strata Title subdivides the air space above the land not the land.
At the start of a strata scheme, an owner's corporation is set up which is a body corporate of all of the lot owners in the scheme. The body corporate is responsible for maintenance and repairs of common property.
Community Title
A Community Title enables the owners within the plan to share or have the use of community land set aside for parks, playgrounds, swimming pools etc. This type of subdivision is able to include individual dwellings, shops and other facilities. Each owner of an allotment included in the plan contributes levies for the cost of maintaining communal property.
Stratum Subdivision
A Stratum Subdivision is used when mixed-use developments (i.e. commercial and residential uses) occupy separate floors within the one building. To enable the conflicting needs of the various occupants, the building can be subdivided horizontally into lots.