P4404: Land Development Engineering

General Information

The Standard will be renamed "Land Development Engineering" to reflect the nature of the content.

If adopted by territorial local authorities this Standard will serve as a basis for technical compliance for the subdivision and development of land where these activities are subject to the Resource Management Act 1991.

Part 1 of the Standard concerns matters of general application and general requirements to be observed.

Parts 2 to 9 of the Standard will provide good practice guidelines relating to particular types of infrastructures to be provided.

The Standard will not include a statement of all minimum requirements for land subdivision and development engineering. Territorial authorities may specify their own minimum requirements, citing the Standard or their own bylaws or district plan as appropriate.

The standard will not deal with the processes of compliance with the requirements of a district plan in respect of subdivision and/or development activities or obtaining a resource consent for such activities.