WCC, Legal and Property files

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Archives Identifier00064Date Range1906-2004DescriptionThis series consists of the filing system of the Legal and Property Management Department. The Legal and Property Management Department was established in 1989 as an amalgamation of the City Solicitor’s and the City Valuer’s Departments. Continuing the functions of its predecessor agencies, the Legal and Property Department dealt with all the legal work for the Council and carried out all the valuation work and property administration in which the Council was involved. In addition to its legal and property functions the department also oversaw the Economic and Business Development Unit (EBDU), an agency responsible for promoting employment, business growth and economic development in Wellington City (note: in 1992 the EBDU merged with City Promotions and Marketing to form the Capital Development Agency).

Subjects covered in the files include: legal advice and opinions offered by the department, case files for litigation involving Council, bylaw drafting and enactment, legal issues related to high level Council projects, Town and Country Planning Act appeals and District Scheme Change files, Council Commercial operations and Local Authority Trading Enterprises e.g. Wellington Airport, MED, Capital Dairy Products, lease files for Council property, files related to the acquisition, disposal or subdivision of land and other land rights issues. Many of the files were transferred from predecessor series and renumbered: the legal files from the City Solicitors and property files from the City Valuer's files; which were a subset of the Town Clerk’s files.

The legal files constitute sub series numbers 1-46 and 101-112, while the property files constitute 50-100. The filing system consists of the following sub series:
• (1/) Legal-Administration General
• (2/) Legal-Administration General, Annual Plan
• (11/) Legal - Precedents
• (12/) Legal - Advice and Opinions
• (13/) Legal - General Bylaws General
• (14/) Legal Miscellaneous Topics- General
• (21/) Legal, General Litigation
• (27/) Contracts
• (29/) Legal agreements/ licences general
• (31/) Council Issues- Restructuring
• (32/) Council Procedure
• (41/) Policies and Advice
• (42/) District Scheme Changes
• (43/) Town Planning Appeals
• (45/) Town Planning Roading and Traffic Management
• (46/) Town Planning- Planning Consents
• (51/) Property - General Administration
• (52/) Property - Acquisitions
• (53/) Property - Disposal
• (54/) Property - Exchanges
• (55/) Property - Easements and Accessways
• (56/) Property - Substations
• (58/) Property Subdivisions / Sale of land
• (59/) Property Development
• (61/-66/) Leases
• (100/) Capital Development Agency Property files
• (101/) Council divisions
• (105/) Commercial operations - WELPRO
• (106/) Commercial operations - Capital Dairy Products
• (107/) Commercial Operations - Airport
• (108/) Commercial Operations - Civic Centre
• (109/) Commercial Operations - Lambton Harbour
• (110/) Commercial Operations - MED/ Capital Power
• (111/) Local Authority Trading Enterprises
• (112/) Sewerage Land acquisition, Statutory Consents and ContractsQuantity (Linear Metres)107.86MediumFileSystem of ArrangementMultiple number subject filesCollection TypeWellington City Council

Access Information

Restriction StatusOpen

Related Agencies

Controlling or Creating AgencyLegal and Property Management DepartmentRelationship Date Range1985-12 March 1993

Related Series

Predecessor SeriesWCC, City Solicitor's Department files

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WCC, Legal and Property files