Hurunui District Council

Hurunui District - 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 the Hurunui District there are some key rules to follow to make sure you comply with to avoid requiring a Resource Consent.

Hurunui District Plan definition of Industrial Activity is:

• The premises used for manufacturing, fabricating, processing, parking or storing of substances, materials or products, into new products, and includes the servicing and repair of goods, vehicles and machinery, whether by machine or hand;
• with: – Primary industry meaning industry listed in Appendix 3.4.
• Secondary industry meaning any other industry.

Note: There are Area specific rules that may also apply to your project, the XL Structural Architectural Team are available for guidance in the rules of the Hurunui District Plan.

Standards for Permitted Activities

Yards

• Yards adjoining the Residential Zone - 1.0 m.
• Yards adjoining the rail corridor - 4.0 m.
  
  

Height

• The maximum height of any building is 9 metres.
  
  

Access to Sunlight

• Any new building shall not project beyond a building envelope constructed by recession planes from points 2.3 m above a shared boundary with a Residential or Open Space Zone (the XL Structural Team can help with guidance on Recession Plane compliance for your project).
  
  

Light Spill

• Light emissions from a site shall not exceed a measurement of 8 lux (lumens per square metre) measured 1.5 m above the ground at the boundary of a site not zoned Industrial or Business.

There are various other General Performance Standards to adhere to for permitted activities such as Stormwater detention (Amberley), landscaping, noise, earthworks, signs and other General and District wide rules to comply with.

There are additional specific Design Standards for Hamner Spring Industrial Area to comply with including Roof Pitch, cladding materials, exterior colours and exterior lighting.

Other rules applicable to ALL industrial zones in Hurunui 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 Hurunui 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 any requirements that may be applicable to your site.

Carparking (Transport)

The Hurunui District Plan has rules and policies in place for the various Zones for car parking and landscaping. Industrial areas require 1.3 parks per 100m2 of gross floor area plus 1 per 100m2 of gross floor area of outdoor storage. 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 which 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 Hurunui District Plan here.