Cost of obtaining a valuation for assessing the reserve contribution
Financial contributions (including road and reserve contributions and public services upgrading
contributions)
Fees of your consultants
Fees of solicitors (including the Council's solicitor for preparing consent notices, drainage easements, and bond documents) and applicant's solicitor for obtaining the deposit of the survey plan and issue of the new
titles
Construction costs of engineering works (such as driveways, roads, services, etc); and
The Waitakere City Code of Practice for City Infrastructure and Land Development, which contains requirements for the construction of Infrastructure that will be passed on into Council ownership.
Consent notices
A notice recorded on the land title (arising from Section 221 of the Resource Management Act) in respect of ongoing matters affecting the property - usually about geotechnical and flooding matters.
District Land Registrar
The appointed officer administering the Land Transfer Act 1952 in each land registration district (including the deposit of Land Transfer Plans and the issue of new titles). Usually abbreviated to DLR.
Drainage Easement
The path taken by surface stormwater crossing a property. On subdivisions is usually defined by a covenant area or drainage easement. Earthworks and impediments to the flowpath are prohibited, and floor levels of buildings are usually required to be 0.5m above the 1 in 100 year flowpath.
Geotechnical matters
Matters relating to land stability.
Land Transfer Plan
Is the survey plan depicting a subdivision of land (and includes a cross-lease and unit title plan) which is certified by Council pursuant to Section 223 of the Resource Management Act 1991. When deposited by the District Land Registrar, it becomes the Deposited Plan (DP) from which new titles are issued.
LINZ
The Government Department (Land Information New
Zealand) that maintains the survey system and processes survey plans for approval by the Chief Surveyor.
Overland Flow Path
The path taken by surface stormwater crossing a property. On subdivisions this is usually defined by a covenant area or drainage easement. Earthworks and impediments to the flowpath are prohibited, and floor levels of buildings are usually required to be 0.5m above the 1 in 100 year flowpath.
Section 223 Certificate
This is issued when the survey plan is in accordance with the subdivision consent plan, and complies with the relevant conditions specified in the subdivision consent.
Section 224(c) Certificate
Once you have complied with (or bonded for) all the conditions of your subdivision consent, your consultant may request that Council issue the Section 224(c) Certificate, which certifies that all conditions have been met to Council's satisfaction.
Once all other legal matters have been attended to such as consent notices, easements, and mortagees consents, your solicitor sends the Section 224(c) Certificate and other documentation to the District Land Registrar. If complete, the survey plan is deposited and the titles are issued for the subdivided lots.
Survey Plan
A plan showing a subdivision with all dimensions, covenants, easements, etc.
Works supervision
The supervision by Council staff of the construction of a subdivision.
