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Brownfield and urban infill development works within existing urban fabric - typically smaller sites, tighter constraints, and more complex existing service connections than greenfield projects. Medium-density housing, townhouse developments, unit title subdivisions, rear lot infill, and cross-lease to fee simple conversions are typical project types.
These projects tend to move faster than large greenfield subdivisions, but they carry their own complexity: existing services that need to be identified and navigated, strict setback and height recession requirements under district plans, and neighbours who are close enough to have concerns. Getting the planning, survey, and engineering inputs aligned quickly is what keeps an urban in-fill project on programme.
Urban sites often have limited information about existing underground services. Locating and documenting what is in the ground - before the contractor digs - is essential. Utility conflicts discovered during excavation are expensive and can derail a tight construction programme.
Medium-density district plan provisions have been introduced in recent years to promote high-density residential development. However often other rules in a district plan need to be complied with, including impervious surface limits, earthworks, stormwater management requirements, and transport matters, which need to be resolved at design stage not during processing.
Unit title and cross-lease to fee simple conversions involve a layer of legal complexity - existing encumbrances, body corporate considerations, and LINZ requirements - that needs to be understood and managed from the outset.
We understand the nuances of urban infill. Our cadastral surveyors handle unit title developments, cross-lease conversions, and boundary adjustments accurately and efficiently - producing the legal documentation councils and LINZ require. Our civil engineers design stormwater and wastewater solutions for urban sites where connection options are constrained and impervious surface limits require careful management.
Our planners navigate medium-density and other relevant district plan requirements across multiple territorial authorities.
Because our surveying, planning, and engineering teams work together from the start, the scheme plan reflects what can actually be consented and built - reducing redesigns and keeping the programme moving.
