LTO Plans

There are several different types of LTO plan styles available:

Title Office Plan (NSW)
Title Office Plan (Vic)
Title Office Plan (QLD)
Title Office Plan (Tas)
Title Office Plan (WA)
Title Office Plan (NT)

NSW Land Titles Office - Rules

Bearings are rounded:

0m to 30m: nearest 1 minute
30m to 200m: nearest 20 seconds
200m or greater: nearest 10 seconds

Lengths are rounded:

0m to 50m: nearest 0.005m
50m to 500m: nearest 0.010m
500m or greater: nearest 0.100m

Areas are truncated:

0 sqm to 100sqm: 0.1sqm
100sqm to 1ha: sqm, 4 significant figures
1ha to 10,000ha: ha, 4 significant figures
10,000ha or greater: sqkm, 4 significant figures

VIC Land Titles Office - Rules

Bearings are rounded:

0m to 30m: nearest 1 minute
30m to 200m: nearest 20 seconds
200m or greater: nearest 10 seconds

Lengths are rounded:

0m to 500m: nearest 0.010m
500m or greater: nearest 0.100m

Areas are truncated:

0sqm to 100sqm: 0.1sqm
100sqm to 1ha: sqm, 4 significant figures
1ha to 10,000ha: ha, 4 significant figures
10,000ha or greater: sqkm, 4 significant figures

QLD Land Titles Office - Rules

Bearings - Rounded to nearest 5 seconds.

Lengths - Rounded to nearest 0.005m:

Areas - Rounded to nearest 1 sqm

TAS Land Titles Office - Rules

Bearings are rounded:

0m to 30m: nearest 1 minute
30m to 200m: nearest 20 seconds
200m or greater: nearest 10 seconds

Lengths

Rounded to nearest 0.010m

Areas are rounded:

0sqm to 100sqm: 0.1sqm
100sqm to 1ha: 1.0sqm
1ha to 10,000ha: 4 significant figures
10,000ha or greater: 1 ha

WA Land Titles Office - Rules

Bearings
Bearings are rounded:

0m to 30m: nearest 1 minute
30m to 200m: nearest 20 seconds
200m or greater: nearest 10 seconds

Angles

90° 00’ 00”To be shown as90°
90° 05’ 00”To be shown as90° 5’
90° 05’ 05”To be shown as90° 5’ 5”
90° 00 05”To be shown as90° 0’ 5”
180º 00’ 00”No angle shown

Distances
All lengths are rounded to the nearest 0.01

Areas
Areas are truncated:

0sqm to 1ha:1sqm (eg 9446m2)
1ha and above 4 decimal places (eg 9.2713ha, 9.2700 ha is shown as 9.27ha.)

NT Lands Titles Office - Rules

Bearings are rounded, (displayed in upright font):

0m to 30m: nearest 1 minute
30m to 200m: nearest 20 seconds
200m or greater: nearest 10 seconds

Angles (displayed in upright font)

90° 00’ 00”To be shown as 90°
90° 05’ 00”To be shown as 90° 05’
90° 05’ 05”To be shown as 90° 05’ 05”
90° 00’ 05”To be shown as 90° 00’ 05”
180° 00’ 00”No angle shown

Distances (displayed in sloping font):
All lengths are rounded to the nearest 0.01m

Areas
Areas are calculated from ground distances and are truncated:

0 sqm to 1ha:10 sqm (eg 9440m², not 9446m2)
1ha and above (a) each figure, if any, after the first 4 figures is replaced by a nought, and (b) each decimal part, if any, less than one hundredth is omitted.