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Resource Management Act 1991

Subdivision and reclamations - Esplanade reserves

237F: Compensation for taking of esplanade reserves or strips on allotments of 4 hectares or more

You could also call this:

“Getting paid if the council takes some of your land for a reserve”

If you own a large piece of land, 4 hectares or more, the council might need you to set aside some of it as an esplanade reserve or strip when you subdivide the land. The council will pay you compensation for the land they take, unless you agree not to be paid. You are considered the owner of the land if you are the registered owner, which means your name is on the official records for that piece of land.

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Part 10 Subdivision and reclamations
Esplanade reserves

237FCompensation for taking of esplanade reserves or strips on allotments of 4 hectares or more

  1. Where any esplanade reserve or esplanade strip of any width is required to be set aside or created on an allotment of 4 hectares or more created when land is subdivided, the territorial authority shall pay to the registered owner of that allotment compensation for any esplanade reserve or any interest in land taken for any esplanade strip, unless the registered owner agrees otherwise.

Notes
  • Section 237F: inserted, on , by section 124 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 65).
  • Section 237F: amended, on , by section 250 of the Land Transfer Act 2017 (2017 No 30).