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Guides and forms

The following guides and forms are useful when making submissions or applications to Kāpiti Coast District Council.

Animals other than dogs or bees

Application to keep animals other than dogs or bees; including roosters, goats, pigs, etc, under the Keeping of Animals, Bees and Poultry Bylaw. See Dog and animal management for more information. 

Arts

Kāpiti has a thriving arts scene, making it an exciting creative destination for locals and visitors alike.

  • Buskers wanting to perform within the Kāpiti Coast District should view Guidelines for Buskers [PDF 73 KB] to maximise your success and avoid complaints from residents.

Awards

Kāpiti Good Sorts Awards

Find out more about criteria and how to nominate a Good Sort at Kāpiti Good Sorts Awards.

Bee keeping

Business 

Building consents

A full list of building consent forms, including the standard application form, and checklists to assist with your building consent application are available for download or print.

Forms

Checklists

Guides

Community Board funding

Waikanae Community Board

Council housing

The Kāpiti Coast District Council provides housing for qualifying older persons, and has over 118 flats in 10 locations throughout the District.
Find out more.

District Plan

Dog ownership

The Dog ownership section of this site details the requirements for dog owners and their animal is the Kāpiti Coast District.

Earthworks and archaeological sites

A brochure on earthworks and archaeological sites, to encourage contractors, landscapers, developers and land owners to take precautions before digging.
View the brochure. [PDF 1.77 MB]

Election signs guidelines 

The Council has a role to administer the rules of the Electoral Act 1993 around where and when electoral signage can be displayed in the lead up to an election. Guidelines [PDF 2.9 MB] were developed for the General Election 2023 for the advice of candidates and the local community.

Candidate signs must meet Waka Kotahi New Zealand Transport Agency rules for any signage adjacent to state highways and expressways.

Council’s District Plan has restrictions on the placement of election signs, including the size of signs and the timings of when they can be displayed (see the Signs chapter, specifically compliance within rules SIGN R1 General Permitted Activity Standards, and SIGN R2 Election signs). Any signs outside of the permitted activities require a resource consent.;

Election signs can be displayed on approved sites for a period nine weeks prior to election day.

Who's responsible for what?

Our District Plan includes certain restrictions on where signs can be displayed. Signs can be up to 3 square metres (total area) in size.

Council-managed properties – there are 10 approved locations throughout the district. (Maps of permitted locations are shown in the guidelines [PDF 2.9 MB] ).

There are also specific rules for parked trailer signs and there are a number of streets around the district with high traffic volume where these cannot be used.

On private property – signs can be placed on private property with the written consent of the owner.

Be mindful of the hazards around using stakes in areas where there are underground services. Use wooden or non-metallic stakes, identify where power cables are located, and keep signage inside identified boundaries.

Our Compliance Services team can also offer more specific advice on the permitted placement of signs. Council will investigate any concerns raised by the community. Contact our Compliance Services team if you have any other questions.

See also the Electoral Commission's Candidate Handbook for the 2023 General Election. 

Environment health

The Food and Health Licenses section details the requirements for registering and maintaining Food ventures with Kāpiti Coast District Council.

View more information about preparing and selling food at events, fairs and/or market food stalls. 

Food forms:

Other forms:

Gaming

Application for Class 4 Gaming [PDF 234 KB]

Grants and funding

Community Board funding

Community grants scheme and Creative communities scheme

The Kāpiti Coast District Council sponsors many grants and funds for the Kāpiti Coast Community.
View information about Community funding and associated application forms.

Heritage fund

The Heritage Fund aims to assist and actively encourage landowners and members of the Kāpiti Coast community to manage, protect and enhance heritage features throughout the district. Find out more about the fund and criteria at Heritage fund.

The Major Events Fund supports major events in Kāpiti that will help deliver a thriving, vibrant and diverse economy. Find out more at Major events fund.

ThinkBIG Youth Council funding

Find out more at ThinkBIG grants.

Infringements

LIM reports

A Land Information Memorandum (LIM) will help property buyers and sellers, real estate agents, valuers and lawyers, lenders and insurers. 

Liquor/alcohol licensing

All brochures and application forms relating to liquor licensing are available online for download. See our Alcohol licences section for full details and requirements.

Licences:

Managers' certificates

Native tree protection brochure and growing guide

Parking

Rates (property and water)

Rates inserts

Rates remissions

Under the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002, Kāpiti Coast District Council may write off part or all of the rates subject to certain criteria being met. Find out more about what rates remissions and help with paying your rates is available.

Resource consents

Resource consent applications take 20 working days, provided all the necessary information is included and your proposed project does not need to be notified. See more information on Resource consents

Land use forms and checklists

Subdivision forms and checklists

Temporary Event Application Form and Management Plan

Find out what you need to know about planning events on our Events page

Note: If an application does not contain all the necessary information, it will be returned for completion before processing begins.

Deemed Permitted Boundary Activities

Approval for a Deemed Permitted Marginal or Temporary Activity breach of a rule(s) in a Plan or National Environmental Standard

Note: There is no formal ability to apply for a marginal or temporary exemption notice and the Council has the discretion to approve or decline exemptions.

Approval for a yard encroachment (of a building)

Roads

To help you understand roading requirements on the Kāpiti Coast visit the Roads section.

Subdivision and development

Checklists

Guidelines

  • Land Development Minimum Requirements [PDF 7.23 MB]
    This document is the latest guidance that sets out the minimum standards that the Council expects when infrastructure is designed and constructed to support any new development in the Kāpiti Coast district. It is based on the national standard ‘NZS:4404: 2010 Land development and subdivision infrastructure’ and includes local variations for the Kāpiti Coast. All surveyors, engineers, planners and contractors involved in the design and construction of infrastructure need to support land development and Council funded assets should be familiar with this document.
  • Subdivision and Development Principles and Requirements, 2012 [PDF 5.42 MB]
    This document is intended to provide a guide to subdivision and developments within the Kāpiti Coast district. It sets out what the Kāpiti Coast District Council needs from developers so that the requirements of the Resource Management Act and the Kāpiti Coast District Plan are met.
  • Subdivision and Development Principles and Requirements, 2005 [PDF 2.03 MB]
  • Subdivision and Development Principles and Requirements - Isohyet Based Calculation of Design Peakflows, 2011 [PDF 4.28 MB]
  • Best Practice Subdivision and Development Guide [PDF 3.31 MB]
    This guideline sets out how neighbourhoods can be structured and the layout of streets, lots, and networks designed, in ways that achieve maximum benefits to the subdivider, end-resident, and community.
  • Stormwater Guideline, 2012 [PDF 1.83 MB]
    Low impact urban design and development (LUIDD)
  • Rainwater and Greywater Code of Practice Guidelines 2017
  • Rural Subdivision Design Guide [PDF 2.45 MB]
    The overall vision of this guide is to encourage best practice subdivision design that helps ensure the qualities of the Kāpiti Coast rural area which we all value are maintained and enhanced. Copies for public viewing are also held at the Council offices in Rimu Road and the Paraparaumu Library.
  • Medium Density Housing Best Practice Guide [PDF 2.62 MB]
    This guide seeks to inform best practice in the planning and design of medium density housing.
  • How to put nature into our neighbourhoods [PDF 3.13 MB]
    A manual on the application of Low Impact Urban Design and Development (LIUDD) Principles, with a biodiversity focus, for New Zealand Developers and Homeowners.
  • Kāpiti and Horowhenua Environmental Guidelines for Rural Living [PDF 3.39 MB]
    This guide offers a range of ideas, options and advice which might help you through the Rural site development process. It has the support of local and regional councils, who want our rural area to both look good and be a healthy place and is based on designing around natural systems.
  • The Streetscape Strategy and Guidelines [PDF 2.69 MB]
    The Kāpiti Coast is a rapidly growing area. Increasing traffic, in terms of vehicular, pedestrian, and cycle, is creating an equally increasing need to ensure our streetscapes are safe, high-quality, and desirable for all users.
    This document sets out the process and tools that will enable the Council to take a considered, comprehensive and coordinated approach to resolving competing and often conflicting interests in regards to streetscapes.
  • Standard Details and Specifications for Road Lighting [PDF 1.7 MB]
    This standard serves as a basis of compliance for lighting projects carried out by the Kāpiti Coast District Council (‘the Council’) as part of its works programmes, as well as the subdivision and development of land where these activities are subject to the Resource Management Act.
  • Earthworks and Archaeological Sites [PDF 1.77 MB] 
    A brochure on earthworks and archaeological sites, to encourage contractors, landscapers, developers and landowners to take precautions before digging.

Trade waste

The Trade Waste Bylaw 2019 took effect from 24 January 2019 and supersedes the former Trade Waste Bylaw 2007.

Trading in public places

Find out more at Trading in public places.

Waste collection and operation

Waste Collector's licence application (form 162) [PDF 425 KB]
This form is to be used when applying to undertake waste collection activities in the Kāpiti Coast District.

Waste Operator's licence (form 163) [PDF 357 KB]
This form is to be used when applying to Kāpiti Coast District Council to operate a waste management facility within the Kāpiti Coast District.

Wastewater

A wastewater alteration/connection form must be completed and submitted to Council prior to any work commencing. 

Water conservation

Water supply

Apply for a new water supply connection or an alteration to existing water supply connection.

Apply for a new Commercial Fire Service or Fire Sprinkler Connection or an alteration to an existing Fire Protection Connection.