Design Guidelines
Terrace Downs Owners' Society
Design Guidelines
How is the high standard of properties at Terrace Downs maintained?
The Encumbrance (ref example called “Example Encumbrance Sections & Chalets Titles” in the Documents section of this website) sets standards for how properties should be constructed and maintained. As anticipated by the Encumbrance, the Resort Owner has created Building and Landscape Design Guidelines (“Design Guidelines”) to be followed by Section owners when building their new Chalet and Chalet and body corporate Villa owners when maintaining properties.
The Design Guidelines for Terrace Downs High Country resort can be found using the link below.
The Selwyn District Council operative plan also has rules and regulations in it regarding construction at Terrace Downs. These can be found at on the SDC websites sub portal Property & Building. These are complimentary to the design guidelines.
Do I need Consent to build a house at Terrace Downs?
Yes. You will need the normal resource and building consents that apply in New Zealand. The relevant Council is the Selwyn District Council www.selwyn.govt.nz
In addition, you will need consent from the Resort Owner’s Architectural Design Committee referred to as the Terrace Downs Design Committee (“TDDC”). The process for obtaining consent is set out in Design Guidelines and summarized in the document called “Terrace Downs High Country Resort – Summary Design Approval Process” in the Documents Page. Click here
Section 6.2 of the Guidelines specifically details the fees involved. i.e. when an owners is at a point that they wish to socialise a preliminary design with the Terrace Downs Design Committee (TDDC), they make contact with the TDDC via the Secretary of the Terrace Downs Owners Society (Click here for contact detail) and lodge their application (for approval in principal) of their concept or preliminary design. The TDDC will consider your approval and convey acceptance in principle of your design concept or advise you what you need to do to comply with respect to the design guideline element(s) that are not assessed as being compliant.
To speed up and make the TDDC’s assessment and approval process as efficient as possible for all stakeholders, the TDDC’s retained architectural consultant has developed a Design Elements Review and Assessment Form. (Click here) Owners are required to request their retained design consultants to furnish their preliminary and later detailed design plans after having completed this submission form which shall then accompany each owner’s application.
Do the Design guidelines apply to maintenance and renovation?
Yes.
How do I contact the Terrace Downs Architectural Design Committee?
Thompson Wentworth is the secretary of the Owners’ Society and is the first point of contact for submitting designs to the Terrance Downs Design Committee (TDDC). Click here for contact detail.