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  • Doing a Subdivision or Doing a Community? (PDF 358.30 KB)

    Published by New Zealand Planning Institute - March 2006

    This article discusses the need to think beyond merely plotting houses onto sites when designing a new subdivision. It covers ways to take a broader approach and anticipate and incorporate communi...

  • Hurunui District Rural Subdivision Guide (PDF 0.73 MB)

    Published by Hurunui District Council - January 1998

    A guide to rural subdivision that retains rural character and enhances the attractive qualities of the rural environment.

  • Kapiti Coast District Council subdivision and Development Principles and Requirements

    Published by Kapiti Coast District Council - 2005

    This publication sets out the new requirements for subdivision design for Kapiti. The intention is that these guidelines will be more flexible and promote innovation and best practice in subdivisi...

  • Problems of Rural Subdivision (PDF 1.51 MB)

    Published by New Zealand Planning Institute - January 1995

    This paper discusses rural subdivision. The paper questions whether traditional approaches to controlling subdivision are not exercising a malovolent influence on the new environmentally focused le...

  • Rural Subdivision - What is the Real Problem? (PDF 120.69 KB)

    Published by Resource Management Law Association of New Zealand Inc - August 1995

    This article highlights what the author believes to be "the real problem with rural subdivision" and identifies reasons for the problem.

  • Subdivision Consent Processing (PDF 1.87 MB)

    Published by Ministry for the Environment - January 1998

    The purpose of this guide is to identify the best practise in the field of subdivision consent application processing.

  • Subdivision and the RMA (PDF 228.00 KB)

    Published August 1997

    This article discusses the incorporation of subdivision into the RMA 1991.

  • Subdivision for people and the environment (PDF 0.75 MB)

    Published by Standards New Zealand - August 2001

    This Handbook on Subdivision for People and the Environment uses the concepts of eco-villages and cohousing to provide guidelines for alternative design and use of technologies in land development ...

  • Subdivisions: New Techniques for Addressing Old Problems. Shared Ownership and Management (PDF 120.45 KB)

    Published by Resource Management Law Association of New Zealand Inc - November 2002

    This workshop discusses non-traditional approaches to subdivision and land ownership in the Queenstown Lakes District, such as the Alpine Retreat, Closeburn Station, Millbrook Resort and Quail Rise...

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