Rural Subdivision

Discover the benefits of Cato Bolam's fully integrated services as we partner with you from design through to consent and completion.

In New Zealand, the loss of wetlands has been staggering, with over 90% drained and cleared throughout history. Thankfully, the tide is changing, and today, restoring these vital ecosystems has the potential to deliver both environmental and land development benefits.

Cato Bolam's Senior Ecologist, Joshua Wium, discusses how to identify and delineate a wetland and the benefits of protecting wetlands in the Auckland region.

In this article we refresh the rural subdivision rules of the Unitary Plan and recent changes that affect how they are implemented. Subdivision rules, and just as importantly, how they are interpreted by Council, is generally a changing field. However, things have been relatively stable for a couple of years now.

We discuss how Auckland Council could incentivise the creation of ecological corridors across the region.