Rodney is one of the fastest growing Districts in New Zealand.
Demand for all types of development provides many opportunities
to make the quality of life here even better.
New buildings typically last many decades, and development
layouts have an even long lifespan. We all have to live with their
effects for a long time if they aren’t designed to contribute to the
quality of our local sense of place.
Who Should Use This Design Guide?
This guide aims to support the District Plan by explaining the building blocks of prosperous, high-quality outcomes for all interested parties. This may include the Council when it considers applications for
Resource Consents.
This is a non-statutory guide which advocates quality design responses to typical development challenges in Rodney. It also describes how these can relate to processes under the Resource Management Act 1991, although the statutory District Plan remains the key document to consider in this regard.
The guide is broken into 5 key themes:
1. Introduction and urban design as a way to create great places
2. Sustainable management in Rodney
3. Issues that affect all development
4. Issues that affect specific development conditions
5. Committing to quality
To download the Design Guide, click here. 
(PDF 5.8mb)
Further Advice:
Some of the content of this manual uses technical terminology. Please don’t hesitate to contact Rodney District Council on 0800 426 5169 for assistance using the Design Guide.