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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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A good community is no accident

Ngā mihi nui

Our community is created by many people who care and give what they can.

Your koha enables us to continue creating and advocating for better housing solutions for our village.

We are a registered charitable trust so donations are tax deductible with receipts available on request.

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