Secondary or "Accessory" Dwellings
Adding an accessory dwelling to your property
Accessory dwelling can be an easy way to add additional accommodation and investment income to your property in Paekakariki.
We are working to increase the local housing supply through helping make the planning and construction process easier for people to build secondary dwellings, through our partnerships with local community, the council, local architects and building professionals, through the development of a Paekākāriki-specific resource kit.
Go to Kapiti District Council’s Eplan service https://eplan.kapiticoast.govt.nz/eplan
Read and OK the Terms and Conditions
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Your address and title details
should be in the top left corner
This value here will be the size of your section in m2. We will need this value later. In this case it is 702m2
Clicking on this will show you chapters of the District Plan which are specific to your property.
Your section will be highlighted
NOTE: In Paekākāriki there are two different residential zones which have different rules and standards applied to them.
Find out which zone your property is in - Residential or Beach Residential.
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