Property and Land Development

From a land use consent for a new house, a boundary adjustment or retaining wall, to a 3000 lot comprehensive land development project, Cheal offers a first class property and land development service utilizing the disciplines of urban design, planning, engineering and surveying.

A comprehensive range of services is provided by our property and land development team ncluding; feasibility analysis and detailed subdivision layout and design, preliminary engineering design and infrastructure provision, preparation and lodgement of Resource Consent applications, production of assessments of environmental effects, consultation strategies and stakeholder liaison, provision of expert planning evidence at Council hearings and before the Environment Court, detailed engineering designs of wastewater and water reticulation, utilities, roading and reserves, tender production, contract administration, survey setout for construction, as-built surveys, and land transfer surveys to obtain titles.

Some property and land development projects undertaken by Cheal include; The Point at Lake Taupo, Kinloch Golf Resort, Tauhara Ridge, Vaucluse, Te Kowhai in Kinloch, Huka Lodge, Hilton Lake Taupo, Waimahana Apartments, Hatepe Village, Motuoapa, Whareroa, Kuratau, Huka Falls Resort and Taupo Heights.

Projects

Urban Design - Taupo District Council

Urban Design - Taupo District Council

This project has been three years in the making with the client, Taupo District Council. A major land acquisition was undertaken by Council to obtain land to facilitate a State Highway 1 bypass around Taupo. The balance land left over from the bypass parcel was re-zoned as Unserviced Residential and is now referred to as the East Urban Lands (EUL)...

Civil Design - Guardian Healthcare

Civil Design - Guardian Healthcare

This project comprised the extension of an existing residential care facility into an adjacent paddock. The site had several challenges to overcome during the construction stages including design variations throughout the project. Cheal Engineers were responsible for civil design of the site including Earthworks and timber retaining walls, Access road (including temporary access road requiring opening permit)...

Professional Services - Kinloch Golf Resort

Professional Services - Kinloch Golf Resort

Kinloch Golf Resort Limited embarked on the creation of a Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course incorporating 256 residential dwellings, a golf clubhouse, villas and lodge in Kinloch, Taupo. An integral part of the project is the first class Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course which is the hub of the development. The project is characterised by the presence of the golf course and by the utilisation...

Planning Services - Opotiki District Council

Planning Services - Opotiki District Council

Cheal has supported the policy and planning team at Opotiki District Council for a number of years, providing expert advice and support in policy preparation, community engagement, District plan reviews, resource consent processing and natural hazard management. Plan Change 1 Ohiwa Spit Coastal Hazard Overlay, Cheal Planners undertook the Planners Recommendation Report for Plan Change 1 and presented at the hearing. The decision was...

Rural Development - Savannah Bay

Rural Development - Savannah Bay

Savannah Bay is a consented 65 lot high country estate with residential lots grouped in eight clusters and embedded in an existing 340 hectare sheep and beef station with significant levels of native re-vegetation on the Whakaroa Peninsula, northern Lake Taupo. The design incorporated best practice rural land development practices (including minimising earthworks, provision of planted ecological corridors, retirement and re- vegetation of erosion prone land and clustering of residential sites to retain ...