FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
The Auckland Unitary Plan is a comprehensive (and large!) document that sets out clearly what you can and cannot do with your land. If you can do something, the AUP also outlines how you need to go about it – this is often through a resource consent process. One of our skills is to know about the AUP and advise you on how it applies to your property.
It depends on what you want to do. We can discuss that with you and once we have a basic undertsanding of where you may wish to go – including some options – we can cost it out for you.
Quite possibly! If you contact us with your property address we shoud be able to provide you with a quick initial answer.
Our initial assessment of your property and Council’s district plan and other requirements will identify what the possibilities are. We can then advise on the design, consenting and construction costs, and estimated timeframes. This will enable you to see how you can maximise the property’s potential, and enable an analysis of the potential return on investment.
A desktop assessment of your property’s development potential can be undertaken with one of our development experts free of charge. Additional stages of feasibility reports for funding purposes or due diligence reports to clarify specific development point will incur a fee based on hourly rate. We will give you an estimate if this seems the best course of action to take.
The first step in understanding your property’s potential for development is to contact one of our Directors who can let you know about Council and planning requirements, any issues that we can readily identify, the practicality of achieving subdivision or building development and the economics of any physical construction required on site. Most of this can be given in an email as a desktop exercise, however we will sometimes suggest that there is a need for further invesigation, including a site visit.
A flood assessment may be required when a proposed development is located within or near a flood-prone area, overland flow path, floodplain, or other area identified by the local council. It is commonly requested to support resource consent applications where development has the potential to affect flood behaviour or be affected by flooding.
A flood assessment evaluates how water moves across and through a site under existing and proposed development conditions. Depending on the project, this may include hydraulic modelling, flood level analysis, overland flow path assessment, and the evaluation of mitigation measures to support a practical, resilient design.
Undertaking a flood assessment early helps identify potential constraints before detailed design begins. This allows flood management measures to be incorporated into the project from the outset, reducing the likelihood of redesign, supporting resource consent applications, and helping address any technical questions raised by council during the assessment process.