Jun 27, 2014 11:34
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What do you call a map or plan made for a transaction that divides one piece of property into one or more lots, or that alters existing property boundaries, etc.? Ideally, it would be a word that is not country-specific, as the first thing that comes to my mind has to do with 'survey' but according to OED the main definition of survey in BE would be what I would call 'appraisal' in AE. Please correct me if I'm wrong...
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Nathaniel2 (asker) Jul 2, 2014:
sorry had marked the segment and moved on so as to translate the rest of the doc.
a) a surveyor is drawing up the map
b) Mike's description for Poland is more or less spot on for Slovakia, too
AllegroTrans Jun 30, 2014:
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mike23 Jun 30, 2014:
In my country (Poland), it is usually like that. The surveyor will survey your site and draw up a plan/map showing how you want to sub-divide it. Then the plan will be submitted to the competent municipality/office, approved of, allocated new identification, and your land will become officially subdivided into smaller separate lots.
AllegroTrans Jun 30, 2014:
Asker Who is drawing up the map - lawyers/surveyors or the cadastral registry?
Nathaniel2 (asker) Jun 29, 2014:
Slovakia, cadastral plan registries do exist
AllegroTrans Jun 27, 2014:
Asker You say it's not to be country-sepecific, but can you tell us which country the text relates to? Certain countries have cadastral plan registries, others don't...

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subdivision map/plan

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agree Yvonne Gallagher
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cadastral map / plan

It sounds as though this may be what you're looking for. In the US it can be called a plat, but you say you want something non-country-specific.

"A plat (/ˈplæt/[1] or /ˈplɑːt/[2]) in the U.S. (plan or cadastral map) is a map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plat

"Cadastral surveys document the boundaries of land ownership, by the production of documents, diagrams, sketches, plans (plats in USA), charts, and maps."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadastre#Cadastral_surveys

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Note added at 27 mins (2014-06-27 12:01:50 GMT)
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I understand. Site plan is not quite right for you, I think, since it shows not only the boundaries but a lot of detail ("building footprint, travelways, parking, drainage facilities, sanitary sewer lines, water lines, trails, lighting, and landscaping and garden elements")
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Site_plan

But if it's a simpler plan of the site basically just showing the positions of the property boundaries, I think perhaps site division plan or property division plan might work. There is also site location plan, though I think this is more of a UK term.
https://www.buyaplan.co.uk/blog/posts/10-so-just-what-are-a-...

See this previous FR>EN question
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/french_to_english/real_estate/3886...
Note from asker:
Thanks for your speedy response :) I hesitate to use this because it applies to a large area of land with various plots. The project I'm working on already contains this as a separate term. I need something that applies to only one plot/lot
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