PART 4 - DEFINITIONS

•terms that are already defined in the RMA do not have their definitions repeated in the Unitary Plan, except in instances where the Unitary Plan defines a term differently 

•the word ‘includes’ followed by a list is not limited to those matters specified in the list and the word ‘excludes’ followed by a list, is an exhaustive list

•the definitions do not apply to the designations section.

•when a general activity is listed in the activity table, for example retail, it includes all nested definitions such as, restaurants, markets and service stations, unless otherwise specified in the table 

•specific activities may have a different activity status and if so, will be listed in a separate line in the activity table, for example retail is listed as permitted and service station as discretionary 

•the converse of this also applies. Specific activities may be provided for in a zone but not the general activity. For example, service stations are listed as a discretionary activity and retail is not listed and therefore not provided for.

The following abbreviations are used in the Unitary Plan.

•sweep blasting

•vacuum blasting.

•sites 5m or more in width that are not legally encumbered to prevent the construction of buildings.

•permitted or required car parking.

•on a vacant site, a building that it is incidental to any use which may be permitted on that site. 

•dwellings.

•any aftercare or restoration of landfill once refuse and/or waste placement has ceased.

•dwellings 

•care centres

•hospitals

•healthcare facilities with an overnight stay facility 

•educational facilities 

•marae complex

•community facilities

•entertainment facilities

•visitor accommodation.

•aerial mountings.

•private helipads used by the occupiers of a property on a non-commercial basis.

•the landing and take-off of any aircraft at an airport or airfield

•the taxiing of aircraft associated with landing and take-off and other surface movements of aircraft for the purpose of taking an aircraft from one part of the airport to another

•aircraft flying along any flight path.

• private helipads used by the occupiers of a property on a non-commercial basis.

•private helipads used by the occupiers of a property on a non-commercial basis.

•Breeding or boarding domestic pets or

•keeping, breeding or boarding dogs. 

•keeping of working dogs 

•keeping of domestic pet cats or dogs.

•covered feedlots

•uncovered feedlots

•standoff pads.

•concentrated but temporary wintering of stock as part of normal farming operations.

•radio frequency units or similar devices

•lightning rods, shrouds and ancillary equipment, such as amplifiers, controller boxes and tilt motors. 

•Global Positioning System (GPS) antennas

•aerials

•supporting masts or other structures.

•canals that supply water to electricity power generation plants 

•farm drainage canals

•irrigation canals 

•water supply races.

•naturally occurring watercourses.

•the person making or repairing the goods always has direct control, at every stage, over production; and

•goods are not made or repaired repetitively using jigs, templates, moulds, patterns, dies, dollys, or other similar devices designed to produce a predetermined pattern for production run purposes, except that hand tools or mechanical appliances can be used to produce the original or first piece.

•sculptures and installations

•sound art

•light art

•moving image

•digital and media art

•paintings

•photographs

•street art

•land art

•integrated art and design features 

•monuments and memorials.

•signs and billboards.

•boats and boating accessories 

•trucks, cars and motor cycles

•auto parts and accessories 

•trailers and caravans 

•tyres and batteries.

•sites with a gross site area of 2,000m² or less, where the horizontal area at any floor level totals less than 20 per cent of the site area

•for sites with a gross site area greater than 2,000m², where the horizontal area at any floor level totals less than 400m².

•basement space 

•approved pedestrian amenities and facilities

•voids forming an integral part of an entrance lobby/foyer which is a primary means of public access to a building, open to the public and accessed directly from a public place.

•a 44-gallon drum used to burn household waste.

•any space within any building storey where the greater part of the volume of the storey is below the mean street level of the lower frontage

•any space used for parking, manoeuvring, or access that occupies a building storey where the greater part of the volume is below mean street level of the upper frontage to the midpoint measured horizontally between the upper frontage and the lower frontage (see diagram below). 

•AFA and GFA for a building on a through-site.

•space for stairs, ramps, escalators and elevators 

•essential to the operation of a through-site link, or 

•servicing a floor or that part of a floor used only for parking or loading

•the nature of the discharge or emission and the sensitivity of the receiving environment to adverse effects

• the financial implications, and the effects on the environment, of that option when compared with other options and

• the current state of technical knowledge and the likelihood that the option can be successfully applied.

•the sign and any associated frame and supporting device, whether permanent, temporary or movable whose principal function is to support the message or notice. 

•a flag or banner flown over a public place that is subject to the Signs Bylaw

•a real estate sign or a poster sign or poster board as defined and controlled in the Signs Bylaw.

•accommodation of people who need emergency housing or shelter

•communal food preparation and sanitary facilities

•student accommodation.

•temporary living places or buildings that form part of a camping ground

•hotels

•licensed premises

•dwellings, excluding the manager's accommodation

•tourist complexes

•visitor accommodation.

•boat launching ramps

•cradle launching

•rails used to guide boat launching 

•slip ways

•associated vehicle manoeuvring and parking areas.

•hardstand areas used for storage or repair of boats

•jetties

•marina berths and related access.

•maintains the same number of sites following subdivision as existed prior to it, and

•alters the boundaries between two or more contiguous sites, and

•may result in any one or more of the sites becoming larger or smaller.

•maintains the same number of sites following subdivision as existed prior to it, and

•relocates the boundaries of sites that may or may not be contiguous, within a property held in the same ownership, and

•may result in any one or more of the sites becoming larger or smaller.

•any scaffolding erected temporarily for construction or maintenance purposes

•building interiors 

•driveways

•film sets

•any stages or temporary structures less than 5m high for a temporary activity that complies with temporary activity rules

•manoeuvring areas

•parking areas (other than parking buildings) and other paved surfaces

•roads

•roof mounted chimneys, aerials, and water overflow pipes

•scaffolding or falsework erected temporarily for maintenance or construction purposes

•parks signs

•network utilities

•road network structures.

•aerials

•marine and port accessory structures and services

•marine and port facilities

•maritime passenger facilities

•flagpoles

•lift towers

•machinery rooms

•mechanical wind turbines.

•overhanging or cantilevered parts of buildings

•any part of the eaves or spouting that projects more than 750mm horizontally from the exterior wall of the building

•accessory buildings.

•uncovered swimming pools

•pergolas

•uncovered decks

•open structures that are not buildings.

•create a new boundary for the purpose of assessing yards and

•to prevent buildings being erected between the building line restriction and the relevant site boundary.

•glaziers

•locksmiths

•suppliers of: 

- awnings and window coverings
- bathroom, toilet and sauna installations

- electrical materials and plumbing supplies
- heating, cooling and ventilation installations
- kitchen and laundry installations, excluding standalone appliances
- paint, varnish and wall coverings
- permanent floor coverings
- power tools and equipment
- safes and security installations
- timber and building materials.

•accessory administrative offices and facilities.

•used by two or more groups of people living independently of each other

•where the continuous term of occupancy of each independent group of people never exceeds 50 days in any one calendar year

•where rent, hire, donation, or other reward is usually collected

•which may accommodate tents, caravans, or mobile camping vehicles

•which may include cabins or other structures or shelters, some or all of which would not normally comply with the New Zealand Building Code for residential buildings.

•entrances

•water supplies

•cook houses

•sanitary fixtures and conveniences

•parking areas

•recreation areas

•use of other premises and equipment

•identified overnight campervan and non-serviced camping areas.

•children, in addition to the children of the person in charge, aged six years or younger are educated and cared for, and includes: childcare centres, creches, kindergartens, kohanga reo, playcentres and play groups

•children, in addition to the children of the person in charge, aged five years or older and are cared for out of school hours 

•elderly people are cared for during the day 

•people with disabilities are cared for during the day.

•supported residential care.

•accessory retail

•crematoria

•interment and re-interment

•funeral services and receptions

•mausoleums

•administration offices and meeting rooms

•vehicle parking

•landscaping.

•Urupa.

•City Centre zone

•Metropolitan Centre zone

•Town Centre zone

•Local Centre zone

•Neighbourhood Centre zone

•Mixed Use zone.

•clearing, cutting or realigning rivers and streams

•maintenance of land drainage and stormwater systems

•maintenance and clearing of road and drainage and water tables.

•Mangrove removal.

•virgin materials such as clay, soil and rock

•other inert materials such as concrete or brick that are free of:

- combustible, putrescible, degradable or leachable components
- hazardous substances
- products or materials derived from hazardous waste treatment, hazardous waste stabilisation or hazardous waste disposal practices
- materials that may present a risk to human health
- liquid waste.

•beach nourishment 

•environmental enhancement 

•restoration or enhancement of natural coastal defences from coastal hazards.

•depositing dredged material or solid matter for reclamation purposes

•disposal of waste or other matter

•hard protection structures.

•excavation, drilling and tunnelling.

•CMCA mineral extraction.

•wharves 

•jetties

•seawalls

•buildings, or other structures built on wharves or jetties

•moorings

•ramps

•rafts

•pipelines

•breakwaters, groynes and other wave attenuation devices

•cables and transmission lines laid on, over (including in the air space above) or under the foreshore or seabed.

•signs.

•excavation of material undertaken as part of construction activities.

•real estate agent

•travel agent

•customer banking facilities

•dry cleaning

•hairdressing.

•arts and cultural centres 

•places of worship

•community centres 

•halls 

•libraries 

•marae complex

•recreation centres 

•Citizens Advice Bureaux. 

•entertainment facilities

•care centres

•healthcare facilities.

•photovoltaic systems

•biomass

•wind generation

•hydro generation.

•classes

•meetings of community groups

•church services

•places of worship

•private functions

•social, leisure and recreational use

•licensed premises

•associated parking.

•convention centres

•lecture halls 

•seminar rooms and 

•accessory restaurants and cafes.

•soil and water conservation

•waste water disposal or purification

•landscape preservation or enhancement

•preservation for particular historic or archaeological value

•conservation for scientific or ecological value.

•planting trees

•tending trees.

•growing trees for timber production.

•discing

•hoeing

•mould boarding

•ploughing

•ripping

•turning and lifting. 

•direct drilling of seed and no-tillage practice

•harrowing

•forestry. 

•restaurants and cafes

•supermarkets.

•associated process water

•washwater

•dairy sludge.

•dredged material 

•solid matter such as rock, soil, concrete, steel, timber, vessels and refuse.

•liquids such as sewage effluent, stormwater and trade wastes.

• is done by, or is done under the management of, a suitably qualified and experienced person and

•is done in accordance with the Contaminated Land Management Guidelines No. 5 – Site Investigation and Analysis of Soils, Wellington, Ministry for the Environment (2011) and

• is reported on in accordance with the Contaminated Land Management Guidelines No. 1 – Reporting on Contaminated Sites in New Zealand, Wellington, Ministry for the Environment (2011) and

• results in a report that is certified by a suitably qualified and experienced person.

Altering the natural course of stormwater flow, primarily through recontouring land or the establishment of impervious surfaces and associated drainage.

•maintenance dredging

•capital works dredging

•river mouth dredging

•Pacific oyster shell reef dredging.

•excavation of pits by digging, blasting or other forms of excavation, driven posts or driven solid piles. 

•revegetation 

•wind fencing

•dune reshaping.

•hard protection structures included in the definition of foreshore protection works. 

•means for food rinsing, utensil washing and waste water disposal

•space for a refrigerator, or a perishable food storage area capable of being cooled

•means for cooking food, and space and a surface for food preparation.

•child care centres

•creches

•kindergartens

•kohanga reo

•playcentres and

•play groups.

•blading

•boring

•contouring

•cultivation

•cutting

•drilling

•excavation

•filling

•ripping

•moving

•placing

•removing

•replacing

•thrusting. 

•schools 

•accommodation, administrative, cultural, health, retail and communal facilities accessory to the above. 

•care centres

•tertiary education facilities. 

•well-drained, friable, and has well-structured soils 

•flat or gently undulating 

•capable of continuous cultivation. 

•LUC1 land as mapped by the New Zealand Land Resource Inventory (NZLRI) 

•other lands identified as LUC Class 1 by more detailed site mapping 

•land with other unique location or climatic features, such as the frost-free slopes of Bombay Hill 

•Bombay clay loam 

•Patumahoe clay loam 

•Patumahoe sandy clay loam 

•Whatitiri soils. 

•police, fire and ambulance stations 

•administration related to emergency services

•vehicle and equipment storage and maintenance 

•personnel training. 

•healthcare facilities 

•hospitals 

•private security companies.

•cycle parking and/or storage 

•lockers 

•toilets 

•showers 

•changing areas.

•cinemas 

•bars and nightclubs 

•theatres 

•concert venues. 

•toxicity both acute and chronic

•ecotoxicity, with or without bioaccumulation and

•adverse effects on human health.

• it lacks a well-defined channel, so that there is little or no ability to distinguish between the bed and banks

• it contains no surface water, if no rain has occurred in the previous 48 hours

• it contains terrestrial vegetation

• there is no clearly visible organic debris on its floodplain from flood flows

•there is no evidence of substrate sorting through flow processes.

•paid lessons in horse-riding 

•training, racing or showing horses competitively. 

•accessory retail 

•accessory restaurants.

•pony clubs.

•planned or unforeseen discharges from pump stations or overflow points.

•arable, pastoral, and other forms of farming 

•keeping or training horses, and facilities accessory to keeping or training horses, such as: agistment, arenas (e.g. for dressage), breeding, sand rolls, stables, provided they are not open to the public

•conservation planting 

•viticulture

•equestrian activities

•free-range poultry farming. 

•intensive farming 

•any form of racing, show jumping, or other activity which the general public may attend free of charge, or by payment of an entrance fee 

•equestrian centres 

•forestry 

•rural commercial activities 

•rural industries.

•equestrian and veterinary suppliers 

•farming and horticultural equipment suppliers 

•seed and grain merchants 

•stock and station outlets. 

•areas for bus parking 

•areas of park and ride

•passenger waiting areas

•shelters

•ticketing and other passenger facilities (including but not limited to end of trip facilities)

•information kiosks

•accessory food and beverage 

•accessory retail.

•products discharged or applied as part of a waste treatment process

•substances containing human faecal matter, biosolids, pathogens, or any other agent that could transmit disease or pests.

•setting up and dismantling of film sets

•associated facilities for staff.

•placing of rocks and concrete

•walls

•rip-rap and gabion baskets

•groynes

•stop banks and other structural devices.

• the relevant site being shown in the Auckland Council’s GIS viewer as being within the flood plain of the specific ARI flood event or

• through the preparation of a site specific report prepared by a suitably qualified and experienced person applying accepted methodologies to determine the extent of a floodplain.

•state highways and access points to and from state highways

•arterial roads

•rail lines

•metropolitan water supply and wastewater treatment plants

•telecommunications

•electricity generation plants, major transmission lines and sub stations

•emergency services.

•any portion of the site affected by a building line restriction for the purpose of future road widening 

•any part of the site which is made up of an interest in any airspace above, or subsoil below a road.

•restaurants and cafes 

•food halls

•take-away food bars.

•retail shops

•supermarkets.

•industrial crops

•fodder and cereal crops for other animals

•pasture

•trees.

•accessory land preparation

•accessory tracking or roads, landings, or other accessory earthworks

•clearing understorey

•harvesting trees

•planting trees

•tree alteration

•replanting trees

•thinning trees

•accessory vegetation removal.

•planting or growing fruit, citrus, nut, or other food producing trees refer to farming.

•any footpath sign.

•carriers' depots

•courier services

•mail distribution centres

•trucking depots.

•composting plants

•refuse transfer stations.

• a storage tank for aviation kerosene, diesel, kerosene, lubricating oil or petroleum

• the whole of the tank’s accessory equipment

• part of the tank’s ancillary equipment.

•mortuary facilities 

•funeral chapels.

•landscaping supplies

•bark and compost

•statuary and ornamental garden features 

• have been modified by in vitro techniques or

• are inherited or otherwise derived, through any number of replications, from any genes or other genetic material which has been modified by in vitro techniques.

•glasshouses

•plastic houses

•shade houses

•tunnel houses.

•domestic greenhouses accessory to dwellings.

•grass clippings

•branches

•weeds

•leaves.

•from the exterior faces of the exterior walls, or

•from the centre lines of walls separating two buildings or tenancies, or

•from the exterior edge of the floor, if there are no walls to measure, or

•in accordance with any specific exemptions applying to a historic heritage or special character building. 

•basement space

•elevator shafts, stairwells and lobbies at each floor, including external entrances/breezeways 

•floor area in interior balconies and mezzanines

•floor area in terraces (open or roofed), external balconies, porches if they are more than 75 per cent enclosed

•voids except as otherwise provided, where vertical distance between storey levels exceeds 6m, the gross floor area of the building or part of the building so affected shall be taken as the volume of that airspace in m³ divided by 3.6

•All other floor area not specifically excluded. 

•basement space used for parking including manoeuvring areas, access aisles and access ramps

•plant areas within the building, including basement space

•basement space for stairs, escalators and elevators essential to the operation of a through-site link or servicing a floor used primarily for parking and loading

•floor space in open or roofed outdoor areas, external balconies, porches, provided no more than 75 per cent of the perimeter of these spaces is enclosed

•any entrance foyer/lobby or part of it including any void forming an integral part of it. The entrance foyer/lobby must be publicly accessible, accessed directly from a street or public open space and have an overhead clearance of at least 6m

•non-habitable floor space in rooftop structures

•required off-street loading spaces

•publicly accessible pedestrian circulation space.

•seawalls

•rock revetments

•groynes

•breakwaters

•stop banks

•retaining walls or 

•comparable structure or modification to the seabed, foreshore or coastal land that has the primary purpose or effect of protecting an activity from a coastal hazard, including erosion.

•vehicles used for the transport of hazardous substances, unless excluded below.

•installations where the combined transformer oil capacity of the electricity transformers is less than 1,000l

•fuel in motor vehicles, boats and small engines

•gas and oil pipelines that are part of a network utility service

•hazardous activities not involving hazardous substances 

•retail outlets selling domestic scale usage of hazardous substances, such as supermarkets, hardware shops, pharmacies, garden centres

•the accessory use and storage of hazardous substances in minimal domestic scale quantities

•activities involving HSNO sub-classes 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 6.1D, 6.1E, 9.1D and 9.2D

•the temporary storage, handling and distribution of national or international cargo containers in the port precinct designed for carriage in a container ship

•trade waste sewers

•waste treatment and disposal facilities

•vehicles applying agrichemicals and fertilisers for their intended purpose.

•radioactivity

•high BOD5 more than10,000mg/l.

•medical practitioners

•dentists, and dental technicians

•opticians

•physiotherapists

•medical social workers and counsellors

•midwives

•paramedical practitioners

•alternative therapists

•providers of health and well-being services

•diagnostic laboratories

•accessory offices.

•projections measuring not more than 2m in a horizontal plane in any direction and less than 1.5m above the maximum permitted activity height or daylighting standard for the site 

•lift wells

•lift towers

•elevator and stair bulkheads

•roof water tanks

•solar panels

•solar hot water heating systems

•wind turbines

•cooling towers

•chimneys 

•cranes

•derricks

•cargo stacking and lifting devices

•conveyors

•machinery rooms

•guy wires

•chain link or other open or transparent fences

•flagpoles, masts, lighting poles, aerials that: 

- do not exceed an additional one third of the permitted activity height for the site, and
- are less than 300mm in diameter, and
- are within the footprint of the building.

•parking areas, and associated accessways that are exposed to rainfall and carry more than 50 vehicles per day

•high contaminant yielding building roofing, spouting, and external walls cladding and architectural features using materials with an:

- exposed surface or surface coating of metallic zinc or any alloy containing more than 10 per cent zinc
- exposed surface or surface coating of metallic copper or any alloy containing more than 10 per cent copper or
- exposed treated timber surface or any roof material with a copper or zinc containing algaecide

•high use roads.

•industrial or trade activities.

•more than 400 parking spaces

•500 truck movements per day.

•a  motorway, state highway, primary arterial or secondary arterial road or

•a road that carries more than 5000 vehicles per day.

•servicing and maintenance of hire equipment

•storing of hire equipment.

•premises for the hire or loan of books, video, DVD, and other similar home entertainment items.

•glass houses and shade houses unless these are separately listed

•market gardening

•orchards.

•forestry 

•garden centres

•intensive farming.

•accessory offices, retail including pharmacies, food and beverage, and florists

•accessory commercial services including banks and dry cleaners

•ambulance facilities and first aid training facilities

•helicopter facilities

•hospital maintenance and service facilities

•medical research and testing

•mortuaries

•rehabilitation facilities

•supported residential care

•training.

•the intensity and type of existing development

•significant transport movements and passenger transport nodes. 

•roofs

•paved areas including driveways and sealed/compacted metal parking areas, patios

•tennis or netball courts

•sealed and compacted metal roads

•engineered layers such as compacted clay.

•grass and bush areas

•gardens and other landscaped areas

•permeable paving and green roofs

•artificial playing surfaces or fields.

•the manufacture, or production of radioactive material.

•all roof areas onto which environmentally hazardous substances generated by the activity are deposited

•all outdoor storage, handling or processing areas of materials and/or products that may contribute to the quality or quantity of environmentally hazardous substance discharges (including occasional or temporary use of areas)

•the area at risk from failure of the largest unbunded container used for the activity that may contribute to the quality or quantity of environmentally hazardous substance discharges and

• all areas (including roofs) that contribute runoff to the Industrial or trade activity area.

•all areas that discharge lawfully into an authorised trade waste system

•areas that are not used for or affected by the industrial or trade activity

•all indoor or roofed areas which do not discharge onto or into land or water

• areas used for the storage of inert materials, provided that if suspended solids are generated by the materials and entrained in stormwater, the stormwater from such storage areas is treated in accordance with the BPO or is otherwise lawfully authorised

• Heavy Industry zone

•Light Industry zone.

•play

•picnicking

•walking

•jogging and running

•fitness activities

•casual mountain biking

•orienteering 

•casual skateboarding

•casual ball games

•socialising

•casual land-based water-related activities.

•regular organised sport and recreation.

•interpretative signs

•way finding signs

•park information signs.

•billboard signs.

•airports

•airport approach surfaces

•water supply and wastewater reticulation (including storage and treatment facilities)

•broadcasting 

•defence 

•education 

•electricity generation, transmission and distribution

•healthcare 

•hospitals

•transmission, distribution and storage of gas and liquid fuels 

•motorways and roads

•walkways and cycleways

•ports

•public parks

•public institutions

•public transport 

•railways

•solid waste disposal 

•stormwater 

•telecommunication and radio communication 

•air quality and meteorological services.

•the stormwater or wastewater issues facing the catchment and the range of effects from those discharges, diversions and associated activities

• strategic objectives for the management of stormwater and wastewater discharges, diversions and associated activities within the catchment

• a range of management options and the preferred management approach for avoiding, remedying or mitigating environmental effects and risks

• roles and responsibilities for implementation of the management approach

• tools to support implementation of the management approach and

• a process for review.

•dwellings 

•marae complex

•economic activities

•tourism activities

•care centres, including kohanga reo 

•educational facilities 

•healthcare services

•community facilities 

•organised recreation and sport 

•urupā.

•incorporates at least two large format retail outlets

•provides for shared accessory car parking for all tenancies within one site

•incorporates a wide range of comparison good retailers and

•may also incorporate entertainment and commercial facilities. 

•limited or no dependence on natural soil quality on the site

•food required to be brought to the site.

•free-range poultry farming

•a kennel for a single dog or one bitch with pups

•a shelter for a single animal on a chain

•a shelter for any other single animal that is kept as a household pet

•greenhouses

•shelters for working dogs.

•free-range poultry farming 

•poultry breeder farms 

•poultry hatcheries 

•poultry rearer farms. 

•reaches with stable natural pools having a depth at their deepest point of not less than 150mm and a total pool surface area that is 10m² or more per 100m of river or stream bed length and

•reaches without stable natural pools.

•ephemeral reaches.

•iwi management plans.

•the owner of the fee simple of the land, or

• the owner of any leasehold estate of the land for a period of at least 35 years.

• within a horizontal distance of 20m landward from the top of any coastal cliff with a slope angle steeper than 1 in 3 (18-degrees)

• on any slope with an angle greater than or equal to 1 in 2 (26-degrees)

• at an elevation less than 3m above MHWS if the activity is within 20m of MHWS

• any natural hazard area identified in a council natural hazard register/database or GIS viewer.

•burning landfill gas to generate electricity

•construction and demolition landfills

•domestic, hazardous or industrial waste disposal

•extracting or treating landfill gas

•flaring off landfill gas

•municipal waste landfills and monofills.

1. ornamental pools not exceeding 25 per cent coverage of the landscaped area

2. areas paved with open jointed slabs, bricks or gobi or similar blocks where the maximum dimension of any one such paver does not exceed 650mm or

3. terraces or uncovered timber decks where no part of such terrace or deck exceeds more than 1m in height above the ground immediately below or

4. pathways not exceeding 1m in width

•falls within the definition of building coverage

•is paved with a non-permeable surface of more than 1m width

•is used for the parking, manoeuvring or loading of motor vehicles.

• bark and compost

•clothes hoists and lines

•conservatories, sheds and other outbuildings

•firewood

•garden machinery

•outdoor recreational fixtures and installations

•monumental masonry

•patio furniture and appliances

•paving and paving aggregates

•statuary and ornamental garden features

•swimming pools and spa pools.

• LUC Class 1 is the most versatile multiple-use land with minimal physical limitations for arable use. It has high suitability for cultivated cropping (many different crop types), viticulture, berry production, pasture production, tree crops and forestry e.g. immediately west of the Pukekohe urban area.

•LUC Class 2 is very good land with slight physical limitations to arable use, readily controlled by management and soil conservation practices. The land is suitable for many cultivated crops, vineyards and berry fields, pasture, tree crops or forestry

•LUC Class 3 has moderate physical limitations to arable use. These limitations restrict the choice of crops and the intensity of cultivation, or make special soil conservation practices necessary. Class 3 land is suitable for cultivated crops, vineyards and berry fields, pasture, tree crops or forestry

•LUC Class 4 land has severe limitations to arable use. These limitations substantially reduce the range of crops which can be grown, or make intensive soil conservation and management necessary. Typically, Class 4 land is suitable only for occasional cropping, e.g. once in every 5 years or less frequently although it is suitable for pasture, tree crops or forestry. Some Class 4 land is also suited to vineyards and berry fields

•LUC Class 5 is high producing land with physical limitations that make it unsuitable for arable cropping, but only negligible to slight limitations or hazards to pastoral, vineyard, tree crops or forestry use

•LUC Class 6 land has slight to moderate physical limitations and hazards under a perennial vegetative cover. Suitable uses include grazed pasture, tree crops and/or forestry, and in some cases vineyard. Erosion is commonly the dominant limitation, but it is readily controlled by appropriate soil conservation and pasture management. Class 6 land is not suitable for arable use but it may be cultivated infrequently for pasture establishment or renewal (e.g. once in every 10 years)

•LUC Class 7 is unsuitable for arable use, and has severe limitations or hazards under perennial vegetation. Consequently it is high-risk land requiring active management to achieve sustainable production. Suitable uses include grazing provided intensive soil conservation measures and practices are in place, and in many cases it is more suitable to forestry production

•LUC Class 8 land has very severe to extreme physical limitations or hazards which make it unsuitable for arable, pastoral, or commercial forestry use.

•food and beverage

•trade suppliers.

•informal recreation and leisure and organised sports and recreation

•farming.

1.Slime layer fouling only. Nil macrofouling cover.

2.Light fouling. Hull covered in biofilm and 1-2 very small patches of macrofouling. 1 – 5 per cent macrofouling cover.

3.Considerable fouling. Presence of biofilm, and macrofouling still patchy but clearly visible. 6 – 15 per cent macrofouling cover.

4.Extensive fouling. Presence of biofilm, and abundant fouling assemblages consisting of more than one species. 16 – 40 per cent macrofouling cover.

5.Very heavy fouling. Diverse assemblages covering most of visible hull surfaces. 41 – 100 per cent macrofouling cover.

•sales or servicing of motor vehicles.

•meat and dairy cattle

•pigs

•poultry

•deer

•horses

•goats

•sheep.

1. the parking is for public use on a long stay basis in excess of 240 minutes (4 hours) between 7am and 6pm Monday to Friday inclusive, but excluding public holidays

2. the parking may also be used outside the times and days set out in clause 1 above.

•an indoor capacity equal or greater than 1000 people, or 

•a capacity other than indoor equal or greater than 10,000 people.

•sports stadia 

•indoor sports arenas 

•showgrounds 

•racecourses 

•motor racing 

•Auckland Zoo 

•MOTAT

•Auckland Museum.

•broadcasting facilities

•public address system

•replay screens

•high performance centres

•catering services

•parking.

•archaeology of Māori origin 

•wāhi (location, locality, place) 

•wāhi tapu (sacred ancestral sites and places of significance to iwi, hapū or whānau) 

•sites and places of significance: sites and places are significant to Mana Whenua for the tangible and intangible values they hold

•Māori cultural landscapes 

•wāhi pakanga (battle site) 

•wāhi tohi (ritual site) 

•urupā (Māori burial ground) 

•to waka (waka portage) 

•rakau pito and wāhi pito (tree marking the burial site of a placenta or umbilical cord) 

•taonga (a treasured item, it can be tangible or intangible) 

•cultural and spiritual associations with these areas, features or sites.

•Holism: respect, reciprocity, spirituality, responsibility

•Whakapapa (genealogy that links Māori to their Māori ancestors. (Io, Rangi & Papa)

•Collective responsibility

•Rangatiratanga (authority made evident through a person’s chiefly deeds towards others in the interest of hapū and iwi)

•Mana (authority, status, prestige)

•Mana atua (spiritual authority)

•Mana Whenua and Mana Moana (the people of the land who have mana or customary authority – their historical, cultural and genealogical heritage are attached to the land and sea)

•Turangawaewae (the place Māori recognise as their foundation, place in the world and home, coming through kinship and whakapapa)

•Rohe (region, district or area)

•Kaitiaki and Kaitiakitanga (guardianship, including stewardship; the processes and practices of looking after the environment - guardianship is rooted in tradition)

•Ahi kā roa (rights of occupation or use of resources in an area)

•Mauri (life force)

•Wairua (Spirit, soul)

•Tapu (having restrictions, sacred) 

•Noa (free from restrictions of tapu)

•Wāhi tapu (sacred ancestral sites and places of significance to iwi, hapū or whānau) 

•Taonga (a treasured item. It can be tangible or intangible) 

•Tikanga (customary lore and practice, Māori protocols)

•Kawa (ritual or ceremonial actions or protocols which guide the way Māori life is ordered)

•Rāhui (form of restriction placed on resources or specific areas to prohibit use of that resource or areas for a particular period of time).

•pruning mangrove branches

•pulling out mangrove seedlings

•removing mangroves at the trunk

•removing mangrove root systems.

•a single supple stem and is no more than 60cm tall and 

•shows no reproductive capability.

•assembly of items.

•overnight accommodation of visitors 

•events and gatherings 

•marae atea (sacred courtyard) 

•wharenui/wharehui (main building or meeting house) 

•wharemoe (sleeping house) 

•kauta (kitchen, cookhouse, cooking shed) 

•wharekai (dining hall) 

•mara kai (food garden) 

•accessory dwellings (including kaumatua housing)

•whare oranga (Healthcare centre)

•kohanga reo (Care centre) 

•wananga (Education facility)

•papa takaro (organised sport and recreation).

•industry.

•berths

•gangways

•moorings

•piers

•piles

•pontoons

•wave attenuation devices

•land-based areas for parking and vessel storage

•associated facilities and servicing.

•buildings.

•driftwood

•seaweed

•shells.

•beach nourishment

•construction of authorised reclamations.

•the navigation, anchoring, mooring, berthing, manoeuvring, refuelling, storage, servicing, maintenance and repair of vessels

•embarking and disembarking of passengers

•loading, unloading and storage of cargo

•operation of associated plant and equipment

•educational activities associated with these activities

•the use of buildings and structures associated with these activities, including accessory offices, seafood processing and parking.

•fenders

•piles

•pontoons

•gangways

•handrails

•hardstands

•wash-down facilities

•ramps and other boat launching facilities

•canopies

•lighting poles

•refuse facilities

•dinghy racks 

•dinghy locker and storage facilities

•power and telecommunication cables

•water and sewer reticulation

•floating oil booms and barriers

•vessel fuelling and sewage pumpout facilities

•navigational aids.

•drydocks

•travel lifts

•shiplifts

•cranes

•cargo stacking and lifting devices

•conveyors

•derricks

•gantries

•landings

•wharves

•jetties

•piers.

•buildings.

•accessory offices 

•training facilities.

•accessory offices.

•buildings.

•passenger and tourist operations

•berthing and maintenance of passenger vessels

•vehicular ferry operations

•ancillary administration activities including ticket sales

•associated freight movement and storage.

•fixed directly to the ground, and

•designed to support aerials or antennas 

•erected for the principal purpose of facilitating telecommunications, radio-communications or broadcasting but do not include support structures used as part of an amateur radio configuration.

1. For a site with two frontages, the mean street level at each frontage applies for half the distance between those frontages.

2. For a corner site that has one frontage, the mean street level is the average of all points measured at the centre lines of the streets parallel to all street boundaries of the site.

3. A site with three or more frontages will be subject to 1 and 2 above between the highest and lowest frontages.

•molten metal flame spraying

•electric arc spraying

•powder flame spraying

•plasma arc spraying.

•blasting

•excavating minerals

•processing minerals by crushing, screening, washing, or blending

•storing, distributing and selling mineral products

•accessory earthworks

•removing and depositing overburden

•treating stormwater and waste water

•cleanfilling, landscaping and rehabilitation works

•recycling or reusing aggregate from demolition waste such as concrete, masonry, or asphalt

•accessory buildings and structures

•workers accommodation

•accessory uses.

•CMA mineral extraction.

• electricity, gas distribution or telecommunication line, pipe, pole, conductors, cross arms or cabinets

• water, wastewater or stormwater pipe or structure or ancillary structures

• do not increase the number of conductors or wires by more than 100 per cent, or

• comprise new conductors or wires that do not have a diameter greater than 20 per cent of the combined diameter of the existing wires or conductors being replaced, or

• include cross arms with a length exceeding the existing length by more than 100 per cent.

•it must not have a diameter that is more than the existing pole's diameter at its largest point plus 50 per cent, and

•it must not have a height greater than 25m, and

• it must be located not more than 2m from the existing pole.

•only where the mechanical loading requirements make this necessary in order to undertake reconductoring or the reconfiguration of equipment, such as staywires, anchor blocks, on existing overhead electricity and telecommunication lines, or

• when modifications to structures are required to meet mechanical loading requirements provided that the height and profile of any modified support structures remains the same as existed prior to the improvements

•the “standing up” of a sloping seawall to a more vertical form.

•electricity junction pillars

•substations

•transformers

•switchgear

•gas infrastructure

•telecommunications plinths and pillars

•water infrastructure

•cabinetry for stormwater/wastewater networks.

•additions and alterations to buildings.

•demolition, substantial demolition, or partial demolition of a feature within a scheduled historic heritage place 

•destruction of a feature within a scheduled historic heritage place

•dismantling of a feature within a scheduled historic heritage place.

•any float, wire, rope, or other device attached or connected to such a weight, pile or article.

•an anchor normally removed with a vessel, raft, aircraft, or floating structure when it leaves a site or anchorage

•the non-permanent laying and relaying of buoys.

•car, truck and motorbike racing 

•speedway racing 

•go kart racing 

•jet sprint racing 

•motocross racing 

•vehicle drifting events

•4-wheel drive vehicle racing

•radio controlled car racing

•any other activities where demonstrations or tricks are performed involving motor vehicles

•administration and meeting rooms to support motor sport activities

•parking for motorsport activities

•landscaping, barriers and structures which protect or screen motorsport activities.

•accessory offices.

•has a dimension greater than 60cm in diameter, and

•rotates at more than 2 revolutions per minute or changes direction more than once every minute.

•beacons

•buoy

•fog signal apparatus

•lights

•markers

•radio devices

•signs.

•lighthouses.

•balconies or decks

•parking

•garages

•required storage space.

•distribution or transmission of natural or manufactured gas petroleum or geothermal energy by pipeline

•telecommunications or radio communications

•transformation, transmission, or distribution of electricity

•transmission and distribution of water, (whether treated or untreated), for supply including irrigation

•stormwater drainage or sewerage reticulation systems

•railway lines, tramways and roads

•airports as defined by the Airport Authorities Act 1966, including the provision of any approach control service within the meaning of the Civil Aviation Act 1990

•lighthouse, navigation aids and beacons

•meteorological services

•a project or work described as a network utility operation by regulations made under the Resource Management Act 1991.

•all structures necessary for operation and

•the operation and maintenance of the network.

•approach slopes

•horizontal surface

•transitional surfaces

•conical surface

•procedure turning area surfaces.

•carcasses.

•computers and related equipment

•copiers, printers and facsimile machines

•integrated telephone systems and equipment

•office furniture, equipment and utensils.

•on other sites in the same ownership

•on other sites leased by the owner of the primary site.

•use of sport and recreation structures

•exclusive use of public open space during the course of the activity

•participants and spectators

•use of clubrooms, changing facilities

•training and practice sessions

•payment of money to conduct activity

•organised by a club, sporting body or group

•booking and recording system of scheduled hours per week of each sports filed by the owner or administrator of the sports field.

•team sports

•competitive sports.

•single chamber incinerators

•backyard incinerators.

•clear of any parking or manoeuvring area, and

•set aside for the exclusive use of the occupants of the dwelling to which they relate. 

•pools

•building eaves

•pergolas, lattice fences or similar open structures 

•decks and terraces.

•travel by private vehicle to the park and ride parking area, then

•transfer to the Rapid and Frequent Services Network to continue their journey.

•available to members of the public for a charge or fee

•reserved or leased. 

•short term parking (non-accessory)

•long term parking (non-accessory).

•parking required or permitted accessory to other land uses

•off-site parking.

•entry gates

•track marking bollards

•traffic management infrastructure such as bollards and chains

•non-boundary post and rail fences

•farm fencing or similar fencing

•foot bridges and/or boardwalks

•culverts

•subsoil drainage

•minor storm water management devices e.g. rain gardens

•porous paving.

•maintenance and repair of any buildings and structures

•maintenance and repair of footpaths (concrete, gravel and shell)

•track and trail maintenance and repair including re-metalling and re-surfacing of bush tracks

•clearing or reforming drainage channels

•re-topsoiling, reseeding, sandslitting for parks sports fields and parks

•weed management

•grass mowing

•replacement, repairs, maintenance or upgrading of existing bridges, boardwalks, and culverts

•resealing and sealing metal parking and access drives and internal park roads

•maintenance of jetties and boat ramps

•ecosystem restoration by replanting and re-vegetation

•maintenance and construction of sand carpet surfaces.

•PM₁₀ 

•PM_2.5

•five pigs which have been weaned, or 

•two sows whose progeny are not retained on the site beyond the weaner stage.

•chickens

•ducks

•geese

•guinea fowl

•pigeons

•turkeys

•peacocks

•doves

•pheasants

•swans

•quail.

•readily available water

•favourable climate

•favourable topography

•good drainage

•versatile soils easily adapted to a wide range of agricultural uses.

•combined living/dining areas.

•kitchen/s and associated circulation space

•separate dining areas and associated circulation space

•bathrooms/utility spaces

•bedrooms

•hallways

•in-built cupboards/storage space.

•sale of plants

•sale of food from ‘occasional food premises’ as defined in section 2 of the Food Hygiene Regulations 1974 as it was in December 2012.

•landscaping and planting

•public toilets

•seating and picnic tables

•bicycle stands and cycle parking structures

•fountains

•drinking fountains

•rubbish bins

•directional signage and information boards

•barbeques

•lighting

•shelters

•changing facilities

•playgrounds and playground equipment.

•plaques

•memorials.

•streets

•lanes

•squares

•parks and reserves

•esplanade reserves and esplanade strips.

•areas for bus parking

•passenger waiting areas

•shelters

•ticketing and other passenger facilities, including end-of-trip facilities

•information kiosks

•transport related signs

•bus layovers and drive rest facilities

•offices supporting the operation, maintenance and security of the facilities

•devices and facilities to enable the movement, circulation and security of pedestrians

•accessory food and beverages and other accessory retail. 

•Servicing and repair of buses.

•the quarried material is used only on the property of extraction

•no extracted material, including any aggregate is removed from the property of origin

•there are no retail or other sales of quarried material. 

•extraction of material for use on the property of origin, for:

- farm and forestry tracks
- access ways
- hardstand areas.

•frequent minimum frequency every 15 minutes, and

•all day, operating between 7am and 7pm weekdays as a minimum.

•rail and busway services operating in a dedicated right-of-way as a rapid services e.g. rail network and the North Shore busway

•frequent bus services supported by priority measures

•frequent ferry services.

•rivers

•streams

•modified natural watercourses.

•any artificial watercourse, such as an irrigation canal, water supply race, canal for the supply of water for electricity power generation, and farm drainage canals.

•piles

•pylons

•boat ramps

•rubble mound breakwaters

•filling behind seawalls (unless the purpose of the seawall and filling is primarily for the purpose of creating land) 

•beach nourishment where the newly-created land is still subject to the ebb and flow of the tide

•any area of surface water impounded by a dam.

•recreation centres

•aquatic facilities, swimming pools, both indoor and outdoor

•fitness centres and gymnasiums

•indoor sports centres.

•glass 

•paper

•plastics.

1. Alteration of existing or construction of new connections to the stormwater network

2. Any works that result in a material change in stormwater flows or contaminant loads from the road, including but not limited to:

a. widening or realignment of the road carriageway

b. road re-contouring or rebuilding

c. the addition of curbing and channelling, where it did not previously exist

d. changes to the location or capacity of overland flow paths.

•repairs and maintenance

•installation of underground network utility services or above ground structures

•road resurfacing that does not alter stormwater flows or contaminant loads from the road

•unless this involves new connections to the stormwater network or triggering the impervious thresholds.

1. routine maintenance or repairs, such as:

a. pothole repairs to parking areas, driveways and paving

b. painting of roofing and exterior cladding

2. routine resurfacing that does not involve re-direction of existing stormwater flows or drainage networks

3. trenching and resurfacing associated with underground utility works.

Facilities used for receiving, storing, collecting, processing and transferring waste materials not generated on-site and may include a recycling station.

This definition is nested within the Industry nesting table.

1.prepared by, or prepared under the management of, a suitably qualified and experienced person and

2.prepared in accordance with the Contaminated Land Management Guidelines No. 1 – Reporting on Contaminated Sites in New Zealand, Wellington, Ministry for the Environment 2011 and

3.certified by a suitably qualified and experienced person.

•automotive mechanics

•panel beating.

• Single House zone

• Mixed Housing Suburban zone

•Mixed Housing Urban zone

• Terraced Housing and Apartment Buildings zone

• Large Lot zone

• Rural and Coastal Settlements zone.

•sold or rented at or below the price as defined below

•owned or rented by occupiers who meet the relevant development controls in perpetuity.

1. Dwellings must be sold or rented at a rate that means households on 80 to 120 per cent of the median household income for Auckland spend no more than 30 per cent of their gross income on rent or mortgage repayments, where:

a. median household income shall be determined by reference to Statistics New Zealand

b. in the case of purchase, normal bank lending criteria shall apply, and shall at a minimum be based on a 10 per cent deposit, a 30 year loan term and the average published interest rate of the 4 main trading banks. Body Corporate or Resident Society fees may be included in the calculation of purchase costs.

c. rent shall be the monthly rent set out in a tenancy agreement under the Residential Tenancies Act.

2. Purchase prices or rental of houses may be increased by 5 per cent where:

a. The dwellings have been certified as providing superior energy efficiency achieving at least 7 star level of the New Zealand Green Building Council Homestar Tool 2013 or an equivalent rating, and

b. are located within 200m of a bus, train or ferry service with greater than one hour frequency during off-peak times, i.e. between 9am and 3pm.

3. Where the development involves vacant site subdivision only, the price of the sites identified for Retained Affordable Housing must not exceed a price such that the resulting dwelling plus the site will be unable to meet the price set out above.

4. Where the development involves apartment units (vertically joined units), then the affordability of units is to be based on the value per m² of floorspace. This value should be determined by dividing the price of the unit determined by the formula in clause 1 above, by 80m².

•a retirement village as defined in s.6 of the Retirement Villages Act 2003;

•recreation, leisure, welfare and medical facilities (inclusive of hospital care) and other non-residential activities accessory to the retirement village.

•access to road infrastructure, signage and utility services

•maintenance lanes

•emergency stopping areas and lanes

•vehicle pull over or rest areas

•maintenance and service vehicle access and stopping areas.

•footpaths, footways and footbridges, bridges for roads, tunnels, retaining walls for roads both above and below the road

•the road verge or berm

•site access including vehicle crossings

•road resurfacing and resealing

•road rehabilitation including full depth construction and stabilisation

•the road carriageway including widening within the legal width of the road

•cycle facilities

•road lighting and support structures

•traffic and direction signs, road name signs

•engineering measures (interactive warning signs, road markings, rumble strips, removal of roadside hazards, barriers, widened road margins, improving skid resistance, improving road geometry on bends and at intersections, fine tuning of signalised intersections, improving visibility at non-signalised intersections, fencing, speed tables and speed cushion, traffic separators and other bus friendly vertical deflection devices)

•public transport systems and supporting ancillary equipment and structures including seats, shelters, real time information systems and ticketing facilities, bicycle storage and cabinets

•traffic control devices (including traffic islands, pedestrian crossings and roundabouts and intersection controls), traffic and cycle monitoring devices, traffic signals and support structures, cabinets and ancillary equipment associated with traffic signals 

•devices and structures to implement regulatory controls (no-stopping, no-overtaking, parking control, buslane controls, vehicle restrictions) including speed limit and parking restriction signs, parking meters and pay and display kiosks, speed cameras and red light/traffic cameras and on street parking areas

•road drainage (culverts, sub-soils, catchpits, watertables, manholes, inlets, outlets, flumes)

•scour and erosion control measures

•stormwater drainage, rain gardens, wetlands, stormwater treatment areas and ponds

•temporary noise attenuation walls or fences

•intelligent transport systems including devices such as vehicle detection systems (electronic vehicle identification, and infra-red vehicle occupancy counters), lane control signals, ramp signals, variable messaging signs, CCTV cameras, incident detection, emergency telephones, cables and ducting. 

•rural production activities or

•aquaculture activities

•rural produce and other products produced by a handcraft industry or home occupation on the same site

•rural services that support rural production activities or aquaculture

•depot, office, base, or storage area, from which the activity is normally operated or commenced.

•farm visits

•portable sawmills

•rural topdressing services

•servicing, assembling or repair of agricultural or aquaculture machinery or equipment

•the services of a trenchers, post rammers, or fencing contractors

•aquaculture equipment storage or maintenance.

•processing or manufacturing goods or products from material not directly related to or directly derived from farming, intensive farming, aquaculture activities, fishing activities, or resources of the site

•stock yards that are accessory to farming carried out on the same site

•shops for sale or hire of goods

•freight or transportation services

•storage of vehicles or equipment for hire

•sale yards

•sawmills

•grain silos or feed mills

•aquaculture equipment storage or maintenance

•meat or poultry processing

•dairy factories

•processing raw materials derived from farming, forestry, intensive farming, aquaculture activities, fishing activities, or resources of the site

•packing sheds.

•rural production activities or

•aquaculture activities

•rural production activities, or

•aquaculture activities, or

•the natural resources on the site other than topsoil or aggregate

•processing facility

•accessory depot

•base or storage area, from which the activity is normally operated or started.

•freight or transportation services

•storage of vehicles or equipment for hire

•sale yards

•sawmills other than portable sawmills

•grain silos or feed mills

•meat or poultry processing

•dairy factories

•processing raw materials derived from farming, forestry, intensive farming, aquaculture activities, fishing activities, or resources of the site

•packing sheds.

•home occupations

•shops (sale or hire of goods)

•rural topdressing services

•processing or manufacturing goods or products from material not directly related to or directly derived from farming, intensive farming, aquaculture activities, fishing activities, or resources of the site

•stock yards that are accessory to farming carried out on the same site

•portable sawmills.

•metropolitan urban area of Auckland, Orewa and the urban areas of Waiheke Island and Whangaparaoa Peninsula

•the satellite towns of Pukehoke and Warkworth 

•rural and coastal towns of Beachlands/Pine Harbour, Helensville, Kumeu-Huapai, Oneroa, Riverhead, Snells Beach/Algies Bay, Waiuku and Wellsford

•serviced villages.

•radio communication or telecommunication lines or

•wastewater or stormwater treatment or disposal or

•water, gas or electricity

•retail

•car wash facilities

•mechanical repair, servicing and testing of motor vehicles and domestic equipment

•sale of lubricating oils, kerosene, LPG, or spare parts and accessories for motor vehicles

•trailer hire.

•Bombay

•Buckland 

•Clarks Beach

•Clevedon

•Glenbrook Beach 

•Herald Island

•Karaka 

•Kawakawa Bay 

•Kingseat 

•Laingholm 

•Maraetai 

•Matakana

•Omaha

•Okura 

•Parakai 

•Patumahoe 

•Point Wells 

•Stillwater

•Waiau Beach

•Waimauku

•Waiwera 

•Weiti 

•Whenuapai

•Whitford.

1. the parking is for public use on a casual and short stay basis between 7am and 6pm Monday to Friday inclusive, but excluding public holidays

2. any pricing schedule severely penalises parking exceeding 240 minutes (4 hours) during the time periods set out in clause 1 above

3. the parking may also be used on a longer stay basis outside the times and days set out in clause 1 above.

•office facilities accessory to the show home

•outside living areas and gardens.

•providing directions

•giving information

•advertising products, businesses, services, events or activities.

•the frame, supporting device and any associated ancillary equipment whose principal function is to support the message or notice

•murals, banners, flags, posters, balloons, blimps, light projections, footpath signs, hoardings, projections of lights

•signs affixed to or incorporated within the design of a building

•any advertising matter placed on, affixed to, or located within a shop display window.

•due to its location, function, development or operation, is of strategic (critical) importance to the form, function and/or growth of Auckland, or otherwise has national significance; or 

•if unavailable, would have a serious adverse effect on the social or economic wellbeing of Auckland or a community within Auckland: or

•it is a lifeline utility as defined in s.4 of the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002. 

•baleage

•hay

•wrapped silage.

1. An area of land which is:

a. comprised of one allotment in one certificate of title, or two or more contiguous allotments held together in one certificate of title, in such a way that the allotments cannot be dealt with separately without prior consent of the council or

b. contained in a single lot on an approved survey plan of subdivision for which a separate certificate of title could be issued without further consent of the council

being in any case the smaller area of clauses 1a or 1b above.

2. An area of land which is composed of two or more contiguous lots held in two or more certificates of title where such titles are:

a. subject to a condition imposed under section 37 of the Building Act or s.643 of the Local Government Act 1974 or

b. held together in such a way that they cannot be dealt with separately without the prior consent of the council.

3. An area of land which is:

a. partly made up of land which complies with clauses 1 or 2 above and

b. partly made up of an interest in any airspace above or subsoil below a road

where a and b are adjacent and are held together in such a way that they cannot be dealt with separately without the prior approval of the council.

•prepared by, or prepared under the management of, a suitably qualified and experienced person and

•prepared in accordance with the Contaminated Land Management Guidelines No. 1 – Reporting on Contaminated Sites in New Zealand, Wellington, Ministry for the Environment (2011) and

•certified by a suitably qualified and experienced person.

•prepared by, or prepared under the management of, a suitably qualified and experienced person and

•prepared in accordance with the Contaminated Land Management Guidelines No. 1 – Reporting on Contaminated Sites in New Zealand, Wellington, Ministry for the Environment (2011) and

•certified by a suitably qualified and experienced person.

•a hospital night ward 

•rooms that are used for sleeping but are used for other purposes e.g. hostel rooms, motel or hotel rooms.

•generate electricity from renewable sources to meet on-site energy requirements and/or

•roof-top wind turbines with a maximum blade diameter of 2.5m

•photovoltaic systems.

•hydro generation.

•bunding around hazardous materials storage sites

•a roof over an industrial or trade process area

•the removal of lead from petrol

•avoiding of the use of high contaminant generating products such as galvanised iron or copper.

•goal posts

•courts

•artificial playing surfaces

•fences

•sideline shelters

•scoreboards (fixed or moveable)

•skate parks

•horse jumps

•floodlight poles and transformers

•fences associated with the sport e.g. ball nets, crowd control, safety barriers

•sideline shelters

•site screens

•cricket nets

•skate parks

•cycle parking structures

•basketball bowls

•horse jumps

•BMX tracks and jump structures

•mountain bike downhill structures

•public address systems.

•clubrooms.

•in the residential zones the maximum height of a storey is 4m

•in the business zone the maximum height of a storey is 4.5m 

•an attic, or any space between ceiling joists and a roof is a storey when the distance from the upper surface of the ceiling joists, or floor, to the mean height of the upper surface of the roof, is 3m or more over 5m² or more of the area of the ceiling joists or floor below. 

•a basement or any other space under the ground floor is counted as a storey up to 1.2m in height above ground level.

•rain gardens

•porous paving

•infiltration trenches

•sand filters

•green roofs

•wetlands

•ponds

•propriety devices.

•demonstrated competence in the type and scale of project

•formal qualifications

•review of work history and relevant experience in the building industry

•evidence of successful completion of technical courses, assignments or projects

•membership of appropriate trade / professional affiliations

•quality assurance policies and procedures

•appropriate levels of professional indemnity insurance based on the value of construction

•proven performance / historical records (i.e. previous work history for Council)

•statements or references from industry peers

•confirmation that the applicant will declare any potential conflicts of interest

•proof of insurance

•continued professional development.

• is a senior or principal scientist/engineer with a relevant tertiary qualification and

•has at least ten years of experience in the assessment and management of land containing elevated levels of contaminants.

•fresh meat and produce

•chilled, frozen, packaged, canned and bottled foodstuffs and beverages

•general housekeeping and personal goods, includes cooking, cleaning and washing products, kitchenwares; toilet paper, diapers and other paper tissue products, pharmaceutical, health and personal hygiene products and other toiletries, and cigarettes and related products and

•magazines and newspapers

•greeting cards and stationery

•barbecue and heating fuels

•batteries

•flashlights and light bulbs

•films

•appliances.

•a rest home defined in s.58(4) of the Health and Disability Services (Safety) Act 2001

•accessory nursing and medical care.

•hospitals

•retirement villages.

•lakes

•rivers

•streams

•springs

•water impounded by dams

•wetlands.

•are outside the normal expected use of a site, and 

•have a start and end date and time. 

•filming activities on temporary outdoor locations and activities accessory to that filming activity

•activities accessory to a building or construction project, such as offices or storage sheds 

•Council HazMobile collections 

•carnivals 

•concerts 

•fairs 

•markets 

•festivals and events 

•public meetings 

•parades 

•scaffolding erected around buildings to facilitate their construction or maintenance 

•special events 

•sporting events 

•overflow parking

•temporary military training

•structures accessory to temporary activities.

•underwater explosives training exercises involving divers.

•universities

•technical institutes

•teachers’ and other specialist colleges

•any other institution within the meaning of s.159 Education Act 1989

•accommodation, administrative, cultural, health, retail and communal facilities accessory to the above.

•steam, electricity, and heat energy generation capacity. 

•automotive and marine suppliers 

•building suppliers 

•catering equipment suppliers 

•farming and agricultural suppliers 

•garden and patio suppliers 

•hire premises, except hire or loan of books, video, DVD, and other similar home entertainment items 

•industrial clothing and safety equipment suppliers 

•office furniture, equipment and systems suppliers. 

•parking control devices

•passenger shelters

•quantity and conveyance infrastructure related to the transport network. 

•real time passenger information displays

•road signage

•artworks

•street and rail furniture

•street lights

•tidal flow mechanisms and stormwater management arrangements and structures

•toll and ticketing infrastructure

•traffic and pedestrian monitoring cameras

•traffic and rail lights and associated control structures

•underpasses and overpasses

•ventilation structures.

•maximise the efficient use of transport systems 

•to promote the use of more sustainable and active modes of transport such as public transport, walking and cycling, and carpooling as alternatives to sole occupancy private cars

•a description of the site and the proposal

• details of the physical infrastructure that is or will be established on the site to support the use of walking and cycling, public transport, carpooling

• details of how the travel plan is to be communicated, promoted, implemented and monitored

• information about the amount and nature of any onsite parking and how is to be managed to support efficient use and promote alternatives

• expected outcomes.

•cultural redress properties 

•commercial redress properties.

•properties over which claimant groups have been awarded Right of First Refusal 

•land covered by Statutory Acknowledgement or Deed of Recognition but not owned by claimant groups.

•works within the protected root zone 

•damaging and cutting of any tree. 

•tree removal

•tree trimming.

•any individual tree, or

•clearance of a group of trees or area of bush (including their roots).

Excavating trenches for services including gas, water, and drainage and transport equipment.

•closed Māori burial grounds

•open Māori burial grounds.

•tree alteration

•tree removal.

•the alteration or removal of vegetation planted as crop, garden or pasture. 

•grass clippings

•wood

•vegetable/fruit waste produce such as onions, kiwifruit

•grape marc

•cattle paunchings

•untreated sawdust/shavings

•the in situ incorporation of cover crops and crop residue

•forestry slash and landing site log and branch stockpiles provided that material is not mulched or similarly processed.

Facilities for vehicle access between a road carriageway and a site boundary.

Substances used to eradicate, modify or control vertebrate animals.

•barges, lighters, or similar vessels

•hovercraft or similar craft

•submarines or other submersibles

•houseboats.

•animal hospital treatment.

•backpacker lodges

•motels and hotels

•services or amenities provided on-site for the exclusive use of people staying in the accommodation and their guests

•serviced rental accommodation for visitors offered at a daily tariff or with a pricing structure consistent with short stay accommodation

•timeshare accommodation 

•homestay accommodation

•camping grounds.

•boarding houses and hostels

•letting of dwellings, including for holiday purposes

•accommodation on a marae.

•all types of residential development (permanent and temporary, including residential dwellings, visitor accommodation units, lodges and boarding houses, residential care and retirement units) including associated entrance lobbies, basements, storerooms and garages, both attached and detached

•care centres

•education facilities

•healthcare facilities with overnight stay facility

•community facilities. 

•direct collection of materials

•articles or goods by traders.

•retail.

•any cleaning chemicals used

•any contaminants mobilised by the process.

•refuse transfer stations

•recycling station.

•landfills.

1. A description of the water supply system including system operation, distribution extent, levels of service, water use measurement, maintenance and asset management procedures.

2. A comprehensive assessment of existing and future demand for water with regard to reasonable population growth within planning horizon including:

a. reasonable domestic needs

b. public health needs in accordance with requirements under any Act of Parliament or regulation

c. reasonable community needs e.g. for public amenities

d. reasonable commercial, rural supply and industrial needs

e. how each of the assessments required by clauses (a) to (d) above is predicted to vary over time

f. a justification for each of the assessments required by clauses (a) to (e) above including reference to any relevant planning instruments promulgated under the Resource Management Act 1991 that provide for future growth or relevant documents promulgated under the Local Government Act 2002 such as Long Term Plans, growth strategies or spatial plans.

3. A strategy for water demand management including:

a. existing or proposed pricing procedures and any linkages with wastewater pricing or management

b. public and commercial user water conservation education programmes

c. how water reticulation networks are planned and managed to minimise their water losses

d. a description of patterns of water use practices and/or behaviour in all sectors of use (and distribution) with the objective of maximising water use efficiency and reducing water use as far as practicable

e. water savings targets

f. development of key performance indicators for each of the water savings targets

g. any external auditing and benchmarking procedures that have been adopted.

4. A water shortage management plan that considers:

a. steps to be taken to reduce water consumption during water shortage conditions

b. targets for the water savings expected to be achieved

c. public and commercial user education programmes

d. steps taken to reduce consumption when demand is approaching the maximum take volume specified under the relevant resource consent

e. enforcement procedures.

5. Actions, performance measures and a timeline for implementing actions.

6. Any consultation undertaken with key stakeholders and outcomes of such consultation.

• utilise and maintain, enhance or restore natural freshwater systems

• minimise hydrological changes to, and the adverse effects of land use development on, natural freshwater systems

• mimic natural processes and minimise the requirement for hard constructed infrastructure to manage stormwater runoff

• maintain, enhance or restore amenity, open space and other community and cultural values.

•rubble breakwaters

•floating breakwaters

•groynes.

•accommodation for rangers

•artists in residence 

•farm managers and 

•staff. 

•excavation

•depositing of materials

•construction activity

•installation of services

•discharge or dispersal of any toxic substance

•placement of any weed control membrane

•storage of vehicles, machinery, or materials.

•eaves of any building and any roof, gutter or downpipe that projects over any yard by not more than 750mm

•fire escapes required under the NZ Building Act 1991. 

•the front boundary of that site

•a building line restriction or

•a designation for road widening purposes and

•any boundary of a corner site not facing a street.

•any portion of a site comprising a front or rear yard.

•all yards on a rear site. 

•all yards on a corner site.