Part 1 – General Information
1.3 Parties Involved
An approval for subdivision is effectively an agreement between Council (as Territorial Local Authority) and the Developer as the owner of the land being subdivided or developed.
Under this “agreement”, the Developer designs and constructs infrastructure services which become assets of the Council and network operators when completed. For its part, Council will issue the certificate(s) that are required before “Titles” will be issued for the separate lots that are created in a subdivision or sign off completion of a development, thus allowing the Developer to sell Title to those lots or to exercise the objectives of the development.
The two key parties involved are:
- Matamata-Piako District Council referred to as the “Council”.
- The person who applies for approval for a subdivision or development, referred to as the “Developer”.
Each party may have associated parties as follows:
Council may have associated parties including:
- Network operators, e.g. Telecom New Zealand, Powerco Ltd.
- Specialist technical advisers.
The Developer may have associated parties including:
- Developer’s Representative.
- Person engaged by the Developer to undertake the role of “Engineer”, responsible for certifying the quality and compliance of the development works.
- Specialist technical advisers such as planning, design, engineering and survey consultants.
- Contractor (or Contractors) who carry out the construction works.
The Development Manual also applies to new, renewal or improvement works to be undertaken by Council.
