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Access to the SG Approved and Registered Cadastre Access to the SG Approved and Registered Cadastre Corporate GIS is currently working with ESRI to enhance PropViewer. These upgrades will include the hosting of recently audited SG Approved and Registered Erven. Until then, the cadastre is available through the BCMM GeoPortal, accessed as follows; Go onto the Intranet https://buffalocity.sharepoint.com/sites/intranet-site-bcmm Click on BCMM GeoPortal Click on SG Approved and Registered Cadastre Click on the small triangle by the Cadastral Data to expand the Layer List This will reveal the layers available for view Property searches can be done using the search tool in the top left corner Start the search by either typing the prefix and first 6 digits of an LPKey, or Address or Name of Sectional Scheme eg; Result Black Lines represent Registered Erven, Red Lines are SG Approved and Pink Hexagons represent Sectional Schemes. Items in the Layer List can be expanded by clicking on the small black triangles on each line. Layers can be turned on and off, simply by clicking on the green squares alongside each layer name LP Key Searches – (Prefix and first 6 digits, starting with zero’s – 3, for a 3-digit erf number, 2 for a 4 digit number etc. Result . An LPKEY comprises of an 18-digit number, but when doing a search, one must only know the prefix (3 letters) and the erf number, which is preceded by zero’s depending on the number of digits in the erf number to total up to 6 digits. The table below shows, as an example, how an LPKEY for Erf 351 in Beacon Bay is constructed. ErfPrefix Erf Number Portion Lease Portion B C B 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 4 5 The table below shows the number of zeros that must come before the erf number, depending on the number of digits in the erf number Number of zeros Number of Digits in Erf number Example 5 1 ELM000001 4 2 ELM000045 3 3 ELM000325 2 4 ELM004125 1 5 ELM012564 A lookup table is attached to the end of this document, which gives the prefixes for all allotments in BCMM SG-Diagram link – The link to SG diagrams in the pop-up window will link to the Surveyor General website – by clicking on More-info hyperlink Result Sectional Schemes can be searched for, by using the search tool in the top left corner, e.g. Sectional Title properties are represented by pink hexagons representing the individual units. Simply clicking on a hexagon will bring up all attribute information, including Ownership information. LPKEY LOOKUP TABLE ErfPrefix AllotmentArea ErfPrefix AllotmentArea BAL BALASI KWE KWELEGA BCB BEACON BAY KWL KWELERA BER BERLIN LLV LILLYVALE BIS BISHO MAC MACLEANTOWN BPT BORDER POST MAS MASINGATAS BRA BRAUNSCHWEIG MAT MATSHENI PARK BRB BREIDBACH BEM MBEM'S BRV BRICKVIEW MDE MDANTSANE EAST BUF BUFFALO EIA MDANTSANE EAST INDUSTRIAL BYN BYNGDOR INDUSTRIAL TOWNSHIP NUM MDANTSANE M CHA CHALUMNA (EAST LONDON) NUN MDANTSANE N CHL CHALUMNA (KING WILLIAMS TOWN) MDN MDANTSANE NORTH CNR COSY CORNER NUQ MDANTSANE Q DIK DIKIDIKANA NUR MDANTSANE R DIM DIMBAZA NUS MDANTSANE S DON DONGWE NU1 MDANTSANE UNIT 1 DUC DUCATS NU2 MDANTSANE UNIT 2 ELM EAST LONDON NU3 MDANTSANE UNIT 3 FME EAST LONDON RD NU4 MDANTSANE UNIT 4 EBE EBENEZER MHLAMBISO NU5 MDANTSANE UNIT 5 EGE EGERTON NU6 MDANTSANE UNIT 6 EKE EKHAYALETHEMBA-E MDW MDANTSANE WEST ELK ELUKHANYISWENI MCC MDANTSANE-CC ELU ELUXOLWENI NUP MDANTSANE-P EUR EUREKA MTC MOUNT COKE FSI F-SIWANIS NDE NDEVANA GIN GINSBERG NEE NEED'S CAMP GHW GOLDEN HIGHWAY NEW NEWLANDS GNB GONUBIE PEE PEELTON GSI G-SIWANIS PHA PHAKAMISA HAN HANOVER PIR PIRIE ILI ILITHA POT POTSDAM IZE IZELENI PTY POTSDAM YELLOWWOODS JAF JAFTA'S RST REESTON JOW JOSEPH WILLIAMS FMS STUTTERHEIM RD KAY KAYSERS BEACH SUN SUNNY SOUTH KHA KHAYLELITSHA SOS SUNRISE-ON-SEA KID KIDD'S BEACH TSH TSHABO 1 KWT KING WILLIAM'S TOWN TS2 TSHABO 2 FMK KING WILLIAM'S TOWN RD WIN WINTERSTRAND KIC KING'S CROSS ZAL ZALI KWA KWATSHATSHU ZWE ZWELITSHA .
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