Provide opinions please:
If you survey a property, then want to buy and develop some of it, is it a conflict of interest if you survey boundary for the development?
It's not an issue according to an old State Board president. He surveyed many of his own properties for development. Mostly I have been good with what he did. I've not done it, there are some here that dispute that it's OK. I don't have a problem with it.
Are you honest? The answer to this question has zero influence on the determination of whether or not there is a conflict of interest. Although the answer to that question has significant influence on whether or not one takes advantage of a conflict of interest. Honesty has no effect on the existence of the conflict.
I don't see it as a conflict of interest. When I wanted to build an addition on my house, I surveyed my own land, drew up the plot plan, and presented it to the town Zoning Board of Appeals (Special Permit application). Developing a larger piece into many lots is pretty much the same, just a grander scope.
I would think it would only be a conflict of interest if you found some significant ambiguities in the boundary that had no obvious solution but rather multiple solutions that made a material difference. Otherwise, the boundary will be what it is and the same as any other surveyor would have concluded. Multiple solutions with material differences would likely behoove you to have another surveyor make the decisions.