Survey Branch

Descriptive Data

TypeAgencyDate Range1988-1991DescriptionArchitectural, Surveying and Town Planning Divisions were part of the City Engineer’s Department. Survey work covered a wide variety of jobs essentially concerned with :

- Land taken by the council for street widening
- Subdivision schemes
- Encroachments

In 1968 City Planner (or Town Planning Department) was established as a new department of the Council. Five divisions were set up under the City Planner, of which the Land Development Division and the Town Planning Division were responsible for Survey work.

In 1988 the Council's Land Development Division amalgamated with the Town Planning Division to become one division called the Survey Branch. The Survey Branch carried out survey and regulatory work, including providing a survey service to all Wellington City Council Departments. The main part of this work was concerned with District Schemes, subdivisions and encroachments. Specific working relationships within the Town Planning Department itself were with the Administration, Development Control, Architectural, Traffic Management and Forward Planning branches. Working relationships with other council departments were with the Town Clerk, City Valuer, Works, and Legal department.

The Survey Branch's functions were described as being to:

1. Ensure all subdivisions are designed in the most economic and efficient manner, in the public interest in accordance with legislative requirements.

2. Ensure all encroachments are in both the public and private interest, are processed quickly and monitored.

3. Provide land information services to the Council and public in hard copy and electronic forms.

4. Provide a survey service to all Council departments.

In 1992 Wellington City Council established a new structure with 8 divisions, of which the Environment Division is one. Survey task were taken over by Survey and Land Information Service of the Environment Division.

Series

WCC, Survey Branch Wellington City Record Sheets

WCC, Survey Branch Art work for Council crest, and other logos

WCC, Survey Branch, Streets Index to grid co-ordinates on 1 to 500 Sheets

WCC, Survey Branch, 1 to 500 scale aerial photograph transparencies

WCC, Survey Branch, Streets exemption Registers

WCC, 1 to 500 scale aerial photograph transparencies

WCC, Survey Branch's Subdivision index cards

WCC, Survey Branch's D plan records

WCC, Survey Branch's Z plan files, 1-510 (incomplete)

WCC, Aerial Photographs of Wellington City and adjacent suburban areas, 1962

Controlling Agency or Organisation

Controlling Agency or OrganisationTown Planning DepartmentControlling Agency or Organisation Date Range1968-1991

Related Agencies

Successor Agency or OrganisationEnvironment Division

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