Easement

A registered right someone else has to use a strip of your land — usually for services like sewer or drainage.

An easement is a legal right registered on the title for another party (a neighbour, council, utility or government) to use part of your land for a specific purpose — most commonly sewer mains, stormwater, electricity supply, or right-of-way access. Easements run with the land, so they transfer to every new owner. Building over an easement usually requires the easement-holder's consent and can be expensive to remove.