Review of Kaipara District Council Engineering Standards
Kaipara District Council is reviewing the Kaipara District Council 2011 Engineering Standards. The new standards will be flexible, facilitate growth and better align with council’s vision of Kaipara – the place to be.
Public submissions on the proposed Engineering Standards was open until 10 July 2026. Feedback is now being considered before the standards are finalised. You can view the draft Engineering Standards below.
Draft Engineering Standards for consultation
Read the consultation document (pdf, 286kb) and the documents linked below.
The initial draft KDC hybrid Engineering Standards being considered comprises:
- A “Cover Document” that introduces the new Engineering Standards and explains how to use it, with reference to the existing standards to be adopted as set out below.
- Part 1: Whangārei District Council’s Engineering Standard (2022) (WDC ES) Chapter 1 General; Chapter 2 Site Development; Chapter 4 Stormwater and Drainage; Chapter 5 Wastewater; Chapter 6 Water Supply and Reticulation; Chapter 7 Public Spaces; Chapter 8 Electrical Telecommunications and Gas including relevant drawings and appendices as Part 1 of the KDC ES, subject to amendments set out in Part 3.
- Part 2: The Regional Infrastructure Technical Specifications (RITS) Chapter 3 Transport (Version 1) and relevant drawings, forms and checklists as Part 2 of the KDC ES, subject to amendments set out in Part 3.
- Part 3: Amendments to the above parts of the WDC ES and the RITS in the form of supporting notes and KDC specific technical requirements for the Kaipara District, to be used in conjunction with standard documents.
Links to these documents are provided below:
- Cover Document (pdf 188kb)
- Part 1
- WDC 2022-engineering-standards-appendices (pdf 3,980kb)
- WDC 2022-engineering-standards-chapter-1 General (pdf 1020kb)
- WDC 2022-engineering-standards-chapter-2 Site development suitability (pdf 512kb)
- WDC 2022-engineering-standards-chapter-4 Stormwater (pdf 1,275kb)
- WDC 2022-engineering-standards-chapter-5 Wastewater (pdf 1,051kb)
- WDC 2022-engineering-standards-chapter-6 Water supply (pdf 711kb)
- WDC 2022-engineering-standards-chapter-7 Public spaces and Landscape (pdf 613kb)
- WDC 2022-engineering-standards-chapter-8 Utilities (pdf 328kb)
- WDC 2022-engineering-standards-drawing-sheets (pdf 6,380kb)
- Part 2
- RITS 3. Transport V1 (pdf 5mb)
- Part 3 (supporting notes and KDC specific technical requirements)
- RITS Transport Amendments v2 (pdf 530kb)
- WDC Chapter Amendments v2 (pdf 551kb)
