A legal right that grants an individual, a company, or a neighbouring property owner the permission to use a specific portion of your land for a stated purpose, most often drainage, sewer or access. You generally can't build over or near an easement without the authority's consent, so it can limit where building work can be located on your site.
What it means for what you can build
An easement reserves a strip of your land for drainage, sewer or access — you usually can't build over it, so it can dictate exactly where a new dwelling, pool or extension can sit.
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See this on your own property
Run any Australian address through Struqt to see whether easement applies to your block — and what it means for what you can build.