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Knowledge
K1: Health, safety and well-being legislation. Company policy, practice and reporting methods.
K2: The elements of a typical land referencing project including structure, lifecycle, hierarchy, contact and non-contact referencing. The range of typical projects where land referencing is applied and the risks posed to a typical land referencing project (e.g. ransom strips, un-notified interested parties).
K3: The various stakeholders in a land referencing project. The importance of consultation and the purpose of public engagement. Landowner liaison processes, consideration of attitudes and behaviours. Managing conflict when engaging with project stakeholders.
K4: UK consent methods and instruments.
K5: Diligent enquiry: the definition of, processes required to satisfy and the consequences of non-compliance.
K6: The range of information sources, including paper and digital map data, and how this is procured to support land referencing exercises. Quality control standards and methodology. The unknown owner process.
K7: Digital tools used to inspect and report information. The forms of acquiring and recording information from project stakeholders.
K8: Types of public rights of way, identifying public and private rights of way, their boundaries and methods of identifying beneficiaries of private rights of way.
K9: Processes involved with identifying and requesting information from major landowners and statutory undertakers. The registration of ownership in land and consequences of unregistered land. Interests and land/property and the hierarchy of interests. Balancing and validating conflicting data sources.
K10: Agreeing access to land for surveys. Options and processes for gaining access to land through agreement, negotiation of licences or statutory notification.
K11: Agricultural practices, uses and interests in land, land classification, rural conditions, impacts of surveys and projects on agricultural land.
K12: Contact referencing and the methods that a land referencer would use to make contact with stakeholders before, during and post-site work.
K13: The process behind the production of land plans, order plans and bill plans including processes and options for setting up templates and working with the GIS team to produce plans. Requirements for land consultation checking of plans and ensuring consistency with other deliverables.
K14: Documents forming an application or bill such as book of reference, land plans and ownership schedules. Standards for writing plot descriptions for a book of reference.
K15: The definition, significance, identification and recording of special category land and crown land.
K16: The process of site notice planning, production, erection, maintenance and proof of service.
Skills
S1: Identify relevant legislation and the appropriate data extraction required to satisfy the requirements of the chosen consent method. Ensure compliance with relevant health, safety and well-being legislation, company policy and practice. Process personal information in a secure manner.
S2: Interpret information from multiple sources, including paper and digital, relaying in a coherent and clear format. Identify proprietors, types of tenure and rights over land, current beneficiaries and successors and unknown interests in land.
S3: Record information accurately and comprehensively, providing a full auditable trail of evidence. Use a Geographic Information System (GIS) for data processing and analysis, areas measurement and plan production.
S4: Maintain accurate records in accordance with company procedures.
S5: Build professional landowner and stakeholder relationships to enable effective enquiry, influence and negotiation. Prepare for, conduct and follow up stakeholder meetings and record minutes.
S6: Plan site visits to enable the required data collection.
S7: Analyse land features and how they impact or inform legal interest in the land.
S8: Serve notices, evidencing that they have been successfully served in accordance with relevant legislation.
S9: Monitor site notices and provide a prompt response to returned notices or queries from affected parties.
S10: Communication with a range of stakeholders via numerous methods including phone, email and in person.
Behaviours
B1: Adopt a professional approach to work, respect confidentiality and work collaboratively across multiple disciplines.
B2: Demonstrate an attention to detail when solving problems, taking into consideration people, places and environments and the relationship between them.
B3: Work independently, self-manage and prioritise work and own professional development.
B4: Demonstrate a commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
Duty 1
DUTY: Conduct desk-based research in preparation for an infrastructure project in order to determine those with a legal interest in affected land, to establish an accurate representation of the land ownership within the area of interest.
K2
K5
K6
K7
K8
K9
K11
K15
S1
S2
S3
S4
S7
B2
B3
Duty 2
DUTY: Verify land attributes, features and uses of land on site, to ensure accuracy and consistency with desk-based research.
K2
K5
K6
K7
K9
K12
K15
S1
S2
S3
S4
S5
S6
S7
S9
B1
B2
B3
B4
Duty 3
DUTY: Conduct reasonable enquiries via phone, email and/or in person to confirm land ownership and occupational interests with individuals and companies believed to have an interest in the land.
K1
K2
K3
K4
K5
K8
K9
K11
K12
K15
K16
S1
S2
S3
S4
S5
S6
S7
S9
S10
B1
B2
B4
Duty 4
DUTY: Conduct site visits to negotiate with landowners to secure land access and to post/remove site notices.
K1
K2
K3
K4
K5
K8
K9
K10
K11
K12
K15
K16
S1
S2
S3
S4
S5
S6
S7
S8
S9
S10
B1
B2
B4
Duty 5
DUTY: Create plans illustrating land ownership, and accompanying schedules detailing any party with an interest in the land, as found from the land referencing tasks.
K2
K6
K7
K13
K14
S3
S4
S7
B1
B2
B3
Duty 6
DUTY: Follow up enquiries via phone/site visit, encouraging parties to sign access licences and respond to any concerns they may have.
K1
K2
K3
K4
K5
K8
K9
K11
K12
K15
K16
S1
S2
S3
S4
S5
S7
S9
S10
B1
B2
B4
Duty 7
DUTY: Assist with processing, investigating and resolving any correspondence which has been returned to sender.
K2
K3
K4
K5
K6
K7
K9
K12
S1
S2
S3
S4
S10
B1
B2
B3
Duty 8
DUTY: Engage with a range of stakeholders involved in the project, including the communities affected by it.
K1
K2
K3
K4
K5
K6
K8
K9
K11
K12
S1
S2
S3
S4
S5
S7
S10
B1
B2
B3
B4
Duty 9
DUTY: Produce and distribute legal notices to landowners identified by the land referencing task.
K1
K2
K3
K4
K5
K13
K14
K16
S1
S3
S4
S6
S8
S9
S10
B1
B2
B3
B4
Duty 10
DUTY: Maintain audit trail to contribute towards the audit trail of the project’s deliverables.
