Housing and Urban Design guidelines

North Shore City has produced a series of booklets called “Good Solutions Guides” which are relevant to specific forms of housing and development. The Guides are intended to provide clear direction and practical advice for developers wishing to undertake a project. The Good Solutions Guides are also for use by architects and designers as well as planners and other decision makers involved in assessing resource consent applications.
All guides also provide an interesting read for anyone who has a general interest in current development practice.

The Good Solutions Guides currently available are

• Good solutions guide for medium density housing
• Good solutions guide for heritage buildings
• Good solutions guide for mixed use development in town centres
• Good solutions guide for apartments

A further guide, What to Look for When Buying a Terraced House or Apartment is also available. This guide is intended assist prospective buyers when purchasing a more intensive form of dwelling.

The above-listed guides are available on the following pages (please see the right-hand menu).