Introduction
Generally, Associated Plans are plans associated to the parcel that is the subject of the plan, and whose PID is noted on the plan’s related Application to Deposit Plan form. The creation of a new parcel results in an effective reset of the Associated Plans. For Example, a posting plan or a charge plan which when registered references the PID of a parcel will show up as an associated plan to that parcel. When the parcel is subdivided and new parcels are created with new PIDs then the associated plans that were on the parent parcel are not typically carried forward to the new parcel created.
For the initial implementation of Associated Plans in 2013, land title register data was searched to identify plans to be added as an Associated Plan, such as charge plans referenced in a charge’s “charge remarks” on title, and plans noted in the “Miscellaneous Notes”. This may have included plans where the parent parcel (A “parent” parcel comprises a parcel of land the current parcel originated from) was the subject of the plan. Post implementation of the Associated Plan functionality, plans associated with a parent parcel are not captured as an Associated Plan of the new parcel. The “Expanded Unsubdivided Short Legal Description” search was intended to provide the broader search for Associated Plans.
LTSA Plan Search for Associated Plans
This Plan Search function will locate the parcel’s Associated Plans by entering a short legal description as the search criteria.
There are three types of search by short legal description:
- Subdivided which will find Associated Plans for subdivided parcels
- Unsubdivided which will find Associated Plans for unsubdivided parcels (also known as “primary” parcels)
- Expanded Unsubdivided Unsubdivided which will find Associated Plans for specified unsubdivided parcels together with Associated Plans for plans for parcels that have been subdivided out of the primary
In order to choose the appropriate type of search, you must know whether the parcel that you are interested in is categorized as subdivided or unsubdivided within the land title register. Learn more.
Searching for Plans by Short Legal
- From the homepage of the LTSA's Electronic Services, rollover Searches and click Plan Search
- Enter up to 15 alphanumeric characters in the File Reference field to uniquely identify your transaction. See Using a File Reference. Depending on your organization's account management setting for file reference, this may be a required field. Enter up to 15 alphanumeric characters in the File Reference field to uniquely identify your transaction. See Using a File Reference. Depending on your organization's account management setting for file reference, this may be a required field
Subdivided Short Legal Description Selection
Select a land title district from the Land Title District drop-down menu and enter the plan number in the Plan field.
- Click Search
Plan Search Results
On the Plan Search Results page, the Plan Number column displays the Associated Plans related to the parcels. The Plan Type column display the associated plan number's plan type. The Associated Plans do not include Associated Plans that are related to the parent parcel(s).
The Plan Search Results list will appear, sorted by short legal description, parcel information and then plan number. Click on the plan number to preview the plan to determine the parent parcel legal description.
Additional search steps are required to determine plans that are associated with the parent parcel. Using the above example, Lot 10, Plan BCP10129 is the parent parcel of Lots 1 and 2, Plan EPP138124 (See Tips to Search for Parcel Lineage for guidance on how to identify parent parcels, and their Associated Plans). A "Subdivided Short Legal Description" search for Plan BCP10129 provides the following result:
- The Associated Plans for Lot 10, Plan BCP10129 denote plans BCP10129 (the Subdivision Plan), EPP138123 (an SRW Plan of Lot 10, Plan BCP10129) and EPP138124 (the plan that subdivided Lot 10). Generally, when a lot is subdivided or redefined, the subdivision or redefinition plan is denoted as an Associated Plan for the parent parcel. Continue to repeat the "Subdivided Short Legal Description" Search to further trace back prior parent parcels (See Tips to Search for Parcel Lineage) for their Associated Plans.
Expanded Unsubdivided Short Legal Description Selection
The "Expanded Unsubdivided Short Legal Description" selection is designed to provide a wide array of Associated Plans, that are associated with parcels that have been subdivided from the original unsubdivided ("primary") parcel. See Plan Search by Short Legal Description for more information.