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CON106 Structures for Residential Construction Projects  /  Contents  /  Module 2. Site
investigations  /  Fact sheet 2.3: Site investigation - part 2

Planning and activity zones 10m

The first step in researching a property site is to find out what

planning zone it is in. To establish this, search the location of the site
with reference to the planning maps that form part of the district plan.

Planning zones are split into many different categories, while councils
may designate the categories in slightly different ways from each
other they generally fall into descriptions similar to:

 coastal
 rural
 residential
 town centre
 commercial
 industrial
 recreational
 conservation.

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While the majority of housing activities will occur in the residential
zone they can also occur in coastal, rural, commercial, town centre or
industrial zones.  Housing activities are usually not permitted in areas
such as recreation or conservation zones.

Visit Auckland planning maps to see an index of planning maps for

Auckland’s isthmus area. You will get to the page 'A' as shown in Fig.
2.7. Clicking on a map grid in page 'A' (on the green map highlighted in
yellow) will bring up an individual planning map including an activity
zone key.  For example click on map G10.  The Planning Map 1 overlay
you arrive at looks like the page 'B'.

You will see for example, by referring to the map zoning key at the
bottom of the page 'B', that any house on Moata Rd (upper right side)
lies within the Residential Activity Zone. The 6a designation on the
map refers to the development standards that are applicable.

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Fig. 2.7 Auckland planning maps and Map G10.

©The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand Ltd

Dig deeper
There are two other planning maps available for G10, accessed
from the links at the top of the Auckland Planning
Maps webpage that give additional limitations. Check them out
to see what type of information is available.
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