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Land division files before council

Consents, severance agreements, plans of subdivision and plans of condominium, together: dividing land, however the instrument is named.

per 1,000 permanent residents · 2026

Divided by the 2025 population, the nearest published to this figure.

9.7× between the largest and the smallest.

per 1,000 person-years · 2026

Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.

10.3× between the largest and the smallest.

per 1,000 peak residents · 2026

Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.

11.8× between the largest and the smallest.

What these figures carry

  • A file appears here when it reaches council, which is not when it was received. This is council caseload, not application volume.
  • Counted over harvested packages only. A municipality with fewer meetings here has fewer harvested meetings, not necessarily fewer meetings.

Which way is better

Contested. Caseload is demand, not performance. A council with more planning files before it is a council in a place where more people want to build, which is neither an achievement nor a failing. Nothing on this page is ranked, and the bars are ordered by size rather than by merit.

Where this figure comes from →