Located in an Auckland Council Rural Zone? 

A Minor Dwelling could be your answer, providing:

• An onsite home for family, OR

• A rentable investment “unit”, OR

• Air Bnb income

A Minor Dwelling is proper, self-contained home, with:

• a full kitchen (with cooking facilities & drinking water)

• living area(s)

• bedroom(s)

• bathroom (connected to water and wastewater)

• laundry (connected to water and wastewater)

• garage / parking

• decks, front, back and side yards

and anyone can “live” there (family / friends, tenants, visitors)

Adding a Minor Dwelling is a Restricted Discretionary Activity (in the appropriate Rural Zone)

 = requires Resource Consent from Council

Some of Council's criteria:

·         Overall land size = 1 hectare +

·         Secondary to the existing Primary Dwelling =  smaller in size (attached or detached)

·         Close to Primary Dwelling (within 50 metres)

·         Share driveway access with Primary Dwelling

·         Maximum Minor Dwelling size = 65 square metres (excluding garage and decks)

·         Have a front yard (≥ 10 metres), side and rear yards (≥ 12 metres each)

·         ≥ 20 metres from permanent & intermittent streams

·         Parking area (or Garage)

·         Drinking water = rainwater tank (shared or owned)

·         Wastewater infrastructure (preferably shared)

NB Minor Dwellings are NOT able to be subdivided off from the main property

(Subdivision of the minor dwelling is a Prohibited Activity. Council won’t process your application)

Next Steps

Call us at TSC (09 238 9991), we can:

• Double check your Zoning
  
  
• Scope out your Building Platform and Project Requirements

We’ll get your “groundwork” started, so you can start working with your builder / architect / draftsperson.