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Fenced land encroachment
Road encroachments occur when you use Council road reserve (formed and unformed legal road including footpaths) for private purposes.
Due to Wellington's steep and hilly environment, most road encroachments are for residential car parking purposes. Only few commercial encroachments exist in Wellington, mainly for parking and signage.
Encroachment Licence
You have to apply to the Council for an encroachment licence if you want to use road reserve for your own purposes. A licence or lease is needed for structures that are built on, over or under the legal road.
Examples include:
- Garages
- Car decks, carports or car pads
- Road mirrors
- Balconies
- Retaining walls
- Cable cars
- Gates and fences
- Covered access ways
- Porches
- Decks
- Underground carparking or foundations
Applying for a Licence
To get permission for an encroachment you must apply for:
- a landowner consent and an encroachment licence
- any resource consents required - contact Urban Design on (04) 801 3590
- any building consents required - contact Building Consents and Licensing Services on (04) 801 3542.
You can apply for both landowner consent and the encroachment licence by completing the Encroachment Application:
Encroachment Application Form (1.54Mb PDF)
For details of the application process, see:
- Encroachment Consent Process Flowchart (27Kb PDF)
- Road Mirror Operational Procedure (54Kb PDF)
- Use of Legal Road Information Sheet (29Kb PDF)
To apply to buy an area of unformed legal road, refer to:
Fees
| Administration Charges | |
|---|---|
| Application fee | $460.00 |
| Administration fee | $74.75 |
For some encroachments you will need to pay an annual fee. For example, there is an annual charge per square metre for parking structures, decks and balconies.
| Annual Charges | |
|---|---|
| Minimum fee | $103.50 |
| Fee per m² | $13.77 |
Fees are GST inclusive.
More Information
Encroachments
| Phone: | (04) 499 4444 |
| Email: | encroachments |
Related Links
- Building Services
- Encroachments - Public Places Bylaw
- Parks and Gardens Services
- Removal / Pruning Policy - Trees on Encroachments
- Reserves and Town Belt
- Road Encroachments Policy
- Urban Development
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