Watch: Using GIS Technology to gain Resource Consent [Video]

Paekakariki Hill Road, on the Kapiti Coast, is one of New Zealand’s most beautiful coastal drives. So, it’s no surprise that development and earthworks are restricted within certain areas, in order to preserve the amenity of the outstanding landscape.

Boffa Miskell landscape planners and technical services specialists assisted their client, a residential developer, in gaining resource consent for an 8-lot hamlet by demonstrating that building on the proposed sites would not be visible from Paekakariki, or from the adjoining dwellings in the valley behind.

During preparation of the preliminary design for resource consent application, GIS (geographic information system) software was used to better evaluate the likely visibility of the proposed structures from surrounding areas.

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