If a council has imposed a building-line restriction, they can later decide to cancel it. When the council cancels a building-line restriction, they must send a notice to the Registrar-General of Land or Registrar of Deeds. The Registrar-General of Land or Registrar of Deeds will then update their records to show that the restriction has been cancelled.

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327: Building-line restrictions, or

"Rules about building near roads are no longer a law"

328: Building-line restrictions provided in district scheme, or

"Rules about where you can build on your land in a district scheme"

Part 21Roads (other than regional roads), service lanes, and access ways
Formation, alteration, stopping, and closing of roads

327ABuilding-line restrictions

Where a building-line restriction has been imposed under this Act or any former enactment, and the council subsequently determines that the building-line restriction be cancelled, the council shall send notice of cancellation to the Registrar-General of Land or Registrar of Deeds, as the case may require, who shall amend his or her records accordingly.

Notes

Section 327A: inserted, on 1 October 1991, by section 362 of the Resource Management Act 1991 (1991 No 69).
Section 327A: amended, on 12 November 2018, by section 250 of the Land Transfer Act 2017 (2017 No 30).