Franklin District Council - Industrial Zone Planning Rules
The below guidance is our knowledge of the rules and regulations and is provided to assist you in your assessment and early planning but does not constitute official or legal advice.
When building within an Industrial Zone in Franklin District of Auckland there are some key rules to follow to make sure you comply with to avoid requiring a Resource Consent.
To help you understand the Zones a brief description is noted below.
LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AREA
Throughout the Zone (except in the Drury South Structure Plan Area)
the following are permitted activities provided they comply with Rules
On sites, other than those located within 100 metres of the industrial 2 zone, the following are permitted activities (in addition to those above) provided they comply with rules
INDUSTRIAL 2 AREAS
The following are permitted activities provided they comply with Rules
WAIUKU INDUSTRIAL AREA (WIZ)
The types of business activities that are typically found in the WIZ include:
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND INDUSTRIAL 2
Building height
Light Industrial - The maximum height of buildings shall be 15 metres.
Industrial 2 - The maximum height of buildings shall be 20 metres.
Building height relative to boundaries
No part of any building or sign shall exceed a height of 3 metres plus the shortest horizontal distance between that part of the building and the nearest boundary of any site zoned rural, recreation, residential, residential 2, rural-residential, village.
This rule shall not apply where the written consent/s of the owners and occupiers of the abutting sites or notional lots directly affected by the encroachment have been obtained.
Yards
A front yard of 7.5 metres shall be provided across the entire length of all road boundaries.
Where a site has a common boundary with any site zoned recreation, residential, residential 2, rural-residential, village, an amenity yard of 5 metres shall be provided across the entire length of the boundary of the site.
The minimum distance between any building and the edge of a stream identified on the structure plan map as “perennial stream requiring riparian margin” shall be 12 metres, and earthworks within the riparian yard shall not exceed a total volume of 25 cubic metres or a total area of 250 square metres.
Other factors that have standards for permitted activities include: Planting, fences and walls, parking and loading spaces, vehicle crossings and driveways, stormwater management
Other rules applicable to Industrial Zones in the Franklin District Plan
HAIL and Contaminated Land
From experience, XL is aware a lot of industrial land may have been developed on contaminated or HAIL land.
The Franklin District Plan has rules and policies in place for contaminated land.
XL Structural will be able to assist you with your project to ensure you are not breaching these requirements.
Carparking
The Franklin District Plan has rules and policies in place for the various Zones for car parking and landscaping. If providing car parking you will still need to comply with
NZS 4121:2001 and provide 1 accessible car park per 1-20 spaces.
It is also important to consider the surrounding environment and where your staff working within your new building will park if limited spaces are provided.
There are also minimum dimensions for car parks depending on the layout you choose to use on your site, along with turning circle and road width requirements. XL can work through the best car park layout for your site with you.
These are the main rules that your building needs to comply with to avoid needing a resource consent, it is important to understand there may be further rules to comply with.
District Plans can be challenging to navigate, we would recommend reaching out to the XL Structural team who will be happy to conduct a concise and detailed preliminary planning review for your project.
You can find the full Franklin District Plan here.