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Planning Flashcards

1
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RMA definition of subdivision? (defined in s218)?

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Division of an allotment by:
- application or the issue of a separate record of title for any part of the allotment
- disposition by way of sale
- by the grant of a company lease or cross lease in respect of any part of the allotment
- by the deposit of a unit plan

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RMA definition of allotment (defined in s218)?

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  • any parcel of land or building or part of a building that is shown or identified separately on a survey plan
  • any unit on a unit plan
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Process for separating multiple allotments from one record of title to multiple records of title?

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  • Check district plan

Complies? Yes = s226. No = subdivision process.

  • feasibility
  • Subdivision application plan
  • Consent
  • Land transfer plan
  • S223 s224c
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What consents are generally needed for large subdivisions?

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  • Subdivision consent
  • Land use consent (earthworks)
  • NESCS consent (contaminated material)
  • Discharge of construction phase stormwater - Regional.
  • Discharge of minor contamination discharges (coggulants and flocculants) into land and surface water - Regional.
  • Discharge consent for operational phase stormwater - Regional.
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5
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RMA Section 106

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Consent authority may refuse to give consent in certain circumstances…
- there is significant risk from natural hazards (s106 hazard assessment).
- sufficient provision has not been made for legal and physical access.

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RMA Section 218

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Meaning of subdivision of land

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RMA Section 220

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Condition of subdivision consents

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RMA Section 221

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Territorial authority to issue a consent notice - where subdivision consent is granted subject to a condition to be complied with on a continuing basis.

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RMA Section 223

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Approval of a survey plan by a territorial authority

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RMA Section 224

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Restrictions upon deposit of a survey plan

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RMA Section 224(c)

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Certificate from the TA stating that it has approved the survey plan under s223 AND all conditions ofsubdivision consent have been complied with.

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RMA Section 224(f)

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Certificate from the TA that every existing building complies with or will comply with the building code (in relation to a unit title plan/cross lease/company lease)

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RMA Section 225

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Agreement to sell land or building before deposit of plan.

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RMA Section 226

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Restrictions upon issue of certificates of title for subdivision - ask claire

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15
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Tree design and selection (council land)

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  • List of trees on CCC website
  • Any planting must be approved by a council arborist or landscape architect
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16
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7 Cs - Context

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  • Qaulity urban design recognises buildings, places, and spaces not as isolated elements but part of the whole town/city.
  • Undertsands the social, cultural, and economic context as well as physical elements and relationships.
17
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7 Cs - Character

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  • Quality urban design reflects and enhances the distinctive character and culture of our urban design environment.
  • Recognises that character is dynamic and evolving, not static.
18
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7 Cs - Choice

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  • Quality urban design fosters diversity in the urban form of our towns and cities.
  • Provides choice in densities, building types, transport options, and activities.
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7 Cs - Connections

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  • Quality urban design recognises how all networks (streets/walking and cycling routes/services etc.) connect and support healthy neighbourhoods, towns, and cities.
20
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7 Cs - Creativity

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  • Quality urban design encourages creative and innovative approaches.
21
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7 Cs - Custodianship

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  • Quality urban design reduces the environmental impacts of our towns and cities through environmentally sustainable and responsive design solutions.
22
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7 Cs - Collaboration

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  • Quality urban design requires good communication and
    co-ordinated actions from all decision-makers.
23
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How to get consent with minimum sized allotments or smaller?

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Include dwelling and outdoor space designs to show the development will meet built form standards.

24
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What information is needed before creating easements?

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Service locations, relationship to primary parcels, and types of services/rights required.

25
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What is the planning framework?

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  1. Resource Management Act
  2. National Policy Statement & National Environmental Standards
  3. Regional Policy Statement
  4. District & Regional Plans
  5. Consents
26
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National Policy Statement

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  • Developed by central government
  • State objectives and policies for matters of national significance relevant to sustainable management of natural and physical resources
27
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National Environmental Standard

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  • Set by central government
  • Prescribe technical standards, methods, or other requirements for environmental matters
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Regional Policy Statements

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  • Developed by regional councils
  • Provide an overview of RM issues of a region
  • Methods to achieve integrated management of the natural and physical resources of a region
29
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Regional Plans

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  • Developed by regional councils
  • Rules around things such as activities in the coastal marine area and discharges to air and water
30
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District Plans

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  • Developed by city and district councils
  • Sets policies and rules a TA will use to manage development of land in its area
31
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What does schedule 4 require to be in a general consent?

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  • description of the activity
  • description of the site
  • name and address of owners
  • description of other activities and consents relating to the proposal
  • assessment of the matters set out in part 2
  • assessment against any relevant objectives/policies/rules in a document
  • assessment of activities effects on the environment
32
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What does schedule 4 require to be in a subdivision consent?

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  • position of all new boundaries
  • areas of all new allotments
  • location and areas of new reserves to be created
  • locations and areas of land to be set aside as new roads
33
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Site visits - what do you look for? what preparation should you do beforehand?

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  • looking at the environment and how you will assess effects
  • contamination issues
  • existing site conditions
  • wider environment
  • access
  • review the distirct plan rules so you can assess them on site e.g. site distances
34
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Why do a plan change over a non-complying activity?

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Non-complying
- Unlikely to get consent
- will probably fail 104D gateway test (effects to be minor and must not be contrary to objectives and policies of the district plan)

Plan change
- More likely to get approval
- ‘Asking council to change the zoning’
- Applicant will have the opportunity to prove that it is suitable for new zone

35
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What might you do now that the new district plan has come out for a plan change site?

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  • submissions in favour
36
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What are the types of activities and explain the differences for each one. (section 87A)

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  • Permitted activity = does not require consent (certificate of compliance s139)
  • Controlled activity = must grant consent & conditions are limited to matters of control.
  • Restricted discretionary = power to decline consent or impose conditions limited to restricted matters of discretion
  • Discretionary = may grant or decline the consent with or without conditions (unlimited matters of discretion)
  • Non-complying = may grant or decline consent with or without conditions but only if 104D gateway test is met
    -Prohibited = not allowed and cannot apply for consent
37
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104D gateway test

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  • Non-complying activities
  • effects to be minor and must not be contrary to objectives and policies of the district plan
38
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What is the purpose of the RMA and how can sustainable design promote this?

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  • promote the sustainable management of natural and physical resources

E.g. Prevelles Estate - Prebbles Drain

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